Re: portupgrade - skipping -held by user- meaning? > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Merritt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:22 AM > To: Vizion > Subject: Re: portupgrade - skipping -held by user- meaning? > > > At 01:40 AM 1/2/2007 -0800, you wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sahil Tandon > > > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:36 PM > > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > Subject: Re: portupgrade - skipping -held by user- meaning? > > > > > > > > > Vizion wrote: > > > > > > > What does it mean when the message > > > > ---> skipping [portname] because it is held by user > > > (specify -f to force) > > > > > > Does said port appear in the HOLD_PKGS array within > > > pkgtools.conf? From > > > that file: > > > > > > # HOLD_PKGS: array > > > # > > > # This is a list of ports you don't want > portupgrade(1) to upgrade, > > > # portversion(1) to suggest upgrading, or pkgdb(1) to fix. > > > # You can use wildcards ("ports glob" and "pkgname glob"). > > > # -f/--force with each command will override the held status. > > > > > > > and when & why should -f be specify? > > > > > > When you want to force the upgrade of a package even though you've > > > "held" it in pkgtools.conf. > > > > >Thanks from what you say I understand what happens but do > not understand > >the when and whys!! > >My pkgtools.conf had entries in it but none made by me. In what > >circumstances would one choose to "hold" and how come there > are "holds" > >without my knowing anything about it? > > > >This is always one of the difficulties with freebsd .. the > what and how > >questions get answered in the man pages but information that informs > >judgement upon when the "how" and "what" to-do is best > implemented are > >missing!! > > > >Thanks for your help > > One way it can happen is from installing Perl modules that > haven't been > ported. I had to install three or four using CPAN, and they > were entered > into my HOLD_PKGS array automagically. The reason is (I > suppose) because > they aren't available in the ports and so portupgrade > shouldn't generate > errors when it can't fetch them. I would guess other > installations that > don't come from ports should be treated the same way -- when > you want to > upgrade them you need to do it the same way you did the original > installation. I can't remember now any that I did manually; I > try to only > install stuff that's in the ports collection. I don't know > how the entries > got put in your HOLD_PKGS array, but you might do a make > search and see if > they have been added to the ports collection since you installed them. > > Tghanks very much Roger.. understood.
I will write a short script to check for changes in pkgtools.conf and run it both before and after portupgrade is run. That way I will at least have a handle on what is going on. Thanks again David _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"