Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 22:32:12 +0200 From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> To: conrads@cox.net Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Akinori MUSHA <knu@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portupgrade suggestion Message-ID: <3D138D4C.F57EEECF@liwing.de> References: <XFMail.20020621142455.conrads@cox.net>
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Conrad Sabatier wrote:
>
> OK, on two occasions now, I've been burned by portupgrade. First when
> doing a "portsclean -C", when I assumed that held packages would not have
Do you use the /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf to specify the packages to hold?
Than look:
-f | --force Force the upgrade of a package even if it is to be
a downgrade or just a reinstall of the same ver-
sion, or the port is held by user using the
HOLD_PKGS variable in pkgtools.conf.
> their work dirs cleaned, and then again, when I did a "portupgrade -f" on a
> number of packages, and a held package was included in the list
> accidentally, both times resulting in the loss of some customizations I had
> done.
Ever save your configuration before using portupgrade.
> Is there any chance of adding a switch or some other sort of functionality
> that will tell portupgrade and friends that "I *really* want this package
> held; don't touch it under any circumstances"?
Yes: "portupgrade x" instead "portupgrade -f x", because -f tells portupgrade
to force your wish against everything else it knows ...
Jens
> Seems this would be a useful thing to have.
>
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