Forcing pkg

[Michael Ross]

On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 01:34:21 +0200, Paul Koch <paul.koch at akips.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:27:16 +0200
> "Michael Ross" <gmx at ross.cx> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> a second pkg question:
>>
>> Assume I have to install something *now*, like in: 5 minutes ago,
>> production on fire,
>> never mind corrupt pkg databases or anything, sort out later, need  
>> service
>> up:
>>
>> Is there any equivalent to "pkg_add --force"?
>>
>> As in, *I* know the dependencies are met, and I *know* that pkg is wrong
>> in complaining?
>>
>> -DDISABLE_CONFLICTS doesn't work anymore?
>
> Or, I want to install pkg A, but it relies on pkgs B, C, D,...
> I only want to use a single program in pkg A that I "know" has
> no dependencies and really don't want to pull in anything else.
>

like what would have been

      -i, --no-deps
              Install the package without fetching and installing  
dependencies.

to pkg_add.


Michael