pkg lock

Peter Boosten freebsd at boosten.org
Thu Aug 12 19:44:34 UTC 2021



> On 12 Aug 2021, at 18:54, LuMiWa via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I am using binary packages (latest) on FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE.
> I have 8 applications where I have my own settings. Is it correct when
> I built the and install that I should use "pkg lock name" of
> port/package, please? Or is something other.
> 
> 

Yes, that’s the way to go, assuming you build from ports. I have several ports that require different setting (postfix and dovecot eith mysql dependency) and a pkg ipgrade would overwrite them with default packages. 

Peter


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