pkgng - upgrade specific package

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ahhyes

Hi,

Running a FreeBSD 10 server.

Is it possible to have pkg(8) upgrade a specific package only?

If I run the pkg upgrade command, it gives me a whole list of packages it can upgrade, what it needs to reinstall if a dependency has changed etc. I have some packages for example that I do not want pkg(8) getting its grubby hands on because I had to compile them from ports (default options in several packages were not appropriate for me (exim, dovecot etc)). I would like to be able to upgrade specific packages only so I don't have to go deinstalling, recompiling things from ports to put things back that will be clobbered by a pkg-upgrade(8) (since it wants to only allow an upgrade of the entire list).

For example:

Code: 
root@core:~ # pkg upgrade
Updating repository catalogue
Upgrades have been requested for the following 84 packages:
	Upgrading bash: 4.3.0_1 -> 4.3.11_2

Out of the list, why can't I just simply choose to pkg upgrade bash? Why do I have to do the lot (there's no direct dependency change for bash in this case).

Quote from the pkg(8) man page:

Code: 
     upgrade
             Upgrade a package to a newer version.

That is misleading. Since I was not able to find any documentation on how to update a single "package" (note, man page does not imply plural, giving the impression it should be possible to target a single package). This is a really annoying limitation. It would be nice if we had some of the linux'ims with pkg(8), like how apt" works. eg: apt-get upgrade bash.
 
I agree that it would be nice to have, and that the wording is misleading.

However, the following should do the trick for you:

Code: 
pkg lock bash
pkg upgrade

Locking the package prevents pkg from 'getting its grubby hands on it'. Just remember to unlock when you want to upgrade the specific program.
 
mix_room said:
I agree that it would be nice to have, and that the wording is misleading.

However, the following should do the trick for you:

Code: 
pkg lock bash
pkg upgrade

Locking the package prevents pkg from 'gettings its grubby hands on it'
Just remember to unlock when you want to upgrade the specific program.
Click to expand...

This worked a treat, thank you!
 
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