Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:46:44 -0700 From: "Eli K. Breen" <eli@gopostal.ca> To: Craig Boston <craig@xfoil.gank.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade upgrades ports despite +IGNOREME files Message-ID: <40F411F4.8010908@gopostal.ca> In-Reply-To: <20040713152138.GA41495@nowhere> References: <40F30168.8010603@gopostal.ca> <20040713152138.GA41495@nowhere>
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That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks. -E- Craig Boston wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 02:23:52PM -0700, Eli K. Breen wrote: > >>cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8/ >>touch "+IGNOREME" > > > AFAICT, the +IGNOREME file should be in the package directory, not the > port directory. For example, > > cd /var/db/pkg/perl-5.8.4/ > touch +IGNOREME > > >>Add 'lang/perl*', as a held package in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf to >>no avail. > > > The -f option to portupgrade overrides held packages and reinstalls them > anyway. Another possibility that may be useful to you is the -x option > to portupgrade to exclude certain ports from this run only. i.e. > > portupgrade -Raf -x perl > > Multiple -x options can be specified if you have a long list of ports > that you don't want to reinstall. > > Hope this helps, > Craig
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