Forcing pkg

[Ronald Klop]

On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 02:29:25 +0200, Mark Martinec  
<Mark.Martinec+freebsd at ijs.si> wrote:

> 2014-09-04 02:00 Michael Ross wrote:
>> 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
>
>
> Another example over which I'm currently stuck:
>
>    # pkg install mailman  (or, same with: pkg upgrade)
>    The following 3 packages will be affected (of 0 checked):
>
>    Installed packages to be REMOVED:
>          postfix-current-2.12.20140709_2,4
>
>    New packages to be INSTALLED:
>          postfix: 2.11.1_4,1
>
>    Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
>          mailman: 2.1.18.1_1 -> 2.1.18.1_3
>
> I don't want the postfix-current to be removed. Mailman is perfectly
> capable of working with it and does not need postfix: 2.11.1.
>
>
> Even if I follow this path: remove postfix-current, install mailman
> and let it install postfix: 2.11.1, then try to remove postfix: 2.11.1
> and install postfix-current - it tries to deinstall mailman.
>
>    Mark
>

Just a guess. Does it help to change the origin of postfix?
Something like: pkg set -o postfix:postfix-current

Ronald.