Forcing pkg

Michael Ross gmx at ross.cx
Thu Sep 4 10:46:41 UTC 2014


On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:15:35 +0200, Kurt Jaeger <lists at opsec.eu> wrote:

> Hi!
>
>> Is there any equivalent to "pkg_add --force"?
>
> cd /tmp
> mkdir tempdir
> cd tempdir
> tar xf mypkg.txz
>
> and move those extracted stuff to the place where it's needed.
>

That's hardly equivalent.

I'm all for pkg, don't get me wrong.
With poudriere it looks very promising.

I'd like it to have a "just install this and don't mind anything"-option.
For doing quick and dirty stuff.


Michael


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