Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:58:41 -0700 From: Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: How to use cached packages Message-ID: <f2291104-f00e-74e4-7d31-9e0925902854@astart.com>
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I ran into a problem where I needed to reinstall a package. However, I did not have network access to the pkg repository. I did have a system which had all of the pkgs which I needed in the pkg cache. I can easily copy these to the system, as well as the pkg database, etc. So: is there a SIMPLE way to have pkg check to see if a pkg is already in the pkg cache and use that before trying to go to the repository? Is there a SIMPLE way to prevent pkg from trying to check the pkg repository for an update? I strongly suspect that something like: pkg --do_not_check_for_latest_version --use_cached_pkg install firefox Any help on this before I tear out the three strands of hair I have left would be appreciated. -- Patrick Powell Astart Technologies papowell@astart.com 1530 Jamacha Rd, Suite X Network and System San Diego, CA 92019 Consulting Cell 858-518-7581 FAX 858-751-2435 Web: papowell at astart dot com
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