pkgng repository priorities

Matthew Seaman matthew at FreeBSD.org
Sun Nov 3 08:37:55 UTC 2013


On 03/11/2013 02:00, Michael Gmelin wrote:
> 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

Actually, this wording isn't very good. 'order specified' doesn't really
explain it properly.  I need to fix that.  The ordering *is* as shown by
'pkg -v -v' which happens to be in alphabetical order of the repository
tags.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

-- 
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
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