pkgin upgrade question

jmcunx

Hi All,

NetBSD 10.0 amd64.

I compiled emacs29 to use gtk2 due to issues I am having the gtk3 package. But "pkgin update" wants to refresh emacs29.

First I tried "pkgin keep emacs29-29.4nb3" then "pkgin update", but no luck.

I then tried "pkgin keep emacs29-29.4nb3 upgrade", but that fails.

Is there a way I can update packages, skipping emacs29 via pkgin ? I tried many permutations of that pkgin without any luck

Thanks

jmcunx No, this is not possible. You will need to accept that and rebuild the package locally.

One thing, though. If, you are not that careful while cleaning-up stuff, chances are you still have the build result from the previous time in your system.

Look in /usr/pkgsrc/packages/All

jmcunx

yes, I did saved the packages built from pkgsrc.

Thanks

jmcunx

Thanks pin, all worked fine. For other people who may run into this:

Background, I compiled emacs29 for use with gtk2 via pksrc due to gkt3 issues.
When I do a "pkgin update", emacs would be replaced by the emacs package that uses gtk3. My work around is:

pkgin remove emacs29-29.4nb3
pkgin update
pkg_add emacs29-29.4nb3.tgz

When I built emacs the package was saved in dir "/usr/pkg/pkgsrc/packages/All/". I had copied it to a save dir to be sure it would not get lost.

This tread can be considered solved