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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
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"The fix is only temporary...unless it works." - Red Green



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