Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 01:07:52 -0400 From: Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> To: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: another ports question Message-ID: <20020915050752.GB89023@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <3D82585B.8030003@mac.com> References: <3D82585B.8030003@mac.com>
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On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 02:27:55PM -0700, paul beard wrote: >I get a lot of these for modules I have installed with CPAN: I can >read what it says, but specifying an origin means what? And force >seems like a bad idea: I think I tried it once and regretted it. > > ** The package 'bsdpan-CPAN-1.62' is held by user. >---> Skipping 'bsdpan-CPAN-1.62' (specify -f to force) Held means it's in the held packages array in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf. Those are ports that won't be touched unless you give -f. Note there is not a simple way to say "for update everything except held ports", as -f does double duty, which IMO sucks. > No violence, gentlemen -- no violence, I beg of you! Consider >the furniture! > -- Sherlock Holmes Throw the chairs into the fireplace. -- Michael Stipe -- Alan Eldridge Unix/C(++) IT Pro, 20 yrs, seeking new employment. (http://wwweasel.geeksrus.net/~alane/resume.txt) KDE, KDE-FreeBSD Teams (http://www.kde.org, http://freebsd.kde.org/) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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