pkg lock

Mike Clarke jmc-freebsd2 at milibyte.co.uk
Sat Aug 14 10:15:03 UTC 2021


On Thursday, 12 August 2021 17:54:24 BST LuMiWa via freebsd-
questions wrote:

> 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 but if you rebuild the port for any reason you 
will need to unlock it for the duration of the build otherwise the final 
stage of installing the package will fail.

-- 
Mike Clarke


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