Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:09:29 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>, Nikolai Lifanov <lifanov@mail.lifanov.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkgng repository priorities Message-ID: <527604B9.5060707@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20131103030035.4e2fdf08@bsd64.grem.de> References: <826cd3ab0c12abf926b1ba9a230b8226@mail.lifanov.com> <20131103030035.4e2fdf08@bsd64.grem.de>
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on 03/11/2013 04:00 Michael Gmelin said the following: > On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 21:44:43 -0400 > Nikolai Lifanov <lifanov@mail.lifanov.com> wrote: > >> Is there any documentation about how to use PKGNG repository >> priorities? I heard that these are available. >> >> Currently, I have my repository configurations like this: >> 1-myrepo.conf >> 2-anotherrepo.conf >> 3-someotherthirdpartyrepo.conf >> >> This roughly prefers stuff from what appears first in asciibetical >> order. >> >> I would like to use the official FreeBSD package sets, but to do >> this, I need to always prefer a package from a local repository >> (WITH_NEW_XORG, WITH_KMS) if a package is available in it. >> >> How can I set this kind of preference? > > According to pkg-repository(5): > > WORKING WITH MULTIPLE REPOSITORIES > Where several different repositories are configured pkg will search > amongst them all in the order specified, unless directed to use a > single repository by the -r -flag -to pkg-fetch(8), pkg-install(8), > pkg-upgrade, pkg-search or pkg-rquery. The search order is as > displayed in the output of > > pkg -v -v > This information does not seem to match the reality though: https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/632 Also, pkg-repository(5) provides useful information on how to pin some packages to a certain repository, but be aware of the following bug: https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/631 Speaking from my own practical experience with multi-repository setup. -- Andriy Gapon
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