pkgng: How do I upgrade a single package?
Adam McDougall
mcdouga9 at egr.msu.edu
Mon Nov 4 02:59:53 UTC 2013
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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