Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:48:41 -0400 From: Mark Frank <mark@mark-and-erika.com> To: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Steven Lake <steven.lake@voyager.net> Subject: Re: Blocking ports from upgrade Message-ID: <20050617214841.GD1261@millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com> In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20050617134748.10b0c170@cobalt.antimatter.net> References: <200506171645.04647.steven.lake@voyager.net> <6.1.0.6.2.20050617134748.10b0c170@cobalt.antimatter.net>
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* On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 01:48:12PM -0700 Glenn Dawson wrote: > At 01:45 PM 6/17/2005, Steven Lake wrote: > > Just curious about how to block portupgrade from upgrading > >certain files when you cvsup your ports and tell it to upgrade > >everything? I've got a few programs that refuse to work with the newer > >version so I have to copy the older version back in to make it work > >again. I'd like to just block it from upgrading those programs until I > >absolutely must upgrade. Is there some way to mark them as being port > >that should be ignored? Thanks in advance for the info. > > > Looks like the -x option to portupgrade will do the trick. A more permanent solution is HOLD_PKGS in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf Mark -- "The fix is only temporary...unless it works." - Red Green
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