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Date:      Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:59:36 -0500
From:      Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkgng: How do I upgrade a single package?
Message-ID:  <52770D98.3020300@egr.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <5276AFE3.7070200@bluerosetech.com>
References:  <5276AFE3.7070200@bluerosetech.com>

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On 11/03/2013 15:19, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> Now that we have a repo, I want to start using binary packages for the 
> numerous dependencies I have to install on pretty much every system: 
> autotools, ca_root_nss, cmake-modules, gettext, glib, libtool, m4, etc.
>
> But `pkg upgrade` only asks me to upgrade everything at once. This 
> absolutely won't work on any of my systems because I need non-default 
> options on a few ports and therefore must compile those.  But I don't 
> want to compile everything from source.  For example, of the 193 ports 
> installed my home server, I set non-default options on only 15 of 
> them.  Everything else I can install as a binary package and save 
> myself a HUGE amount of time.
>
> How do update individual ports from pkgng packages?  Can I just 
> install the new version over top of the old one?
> _______________________________________________
pkg install -f pkgname



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