Re: pkg upgrade with inverting match?

vermaden <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:46:02 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.stable
Message-ID <satdljkwskbokfxacwnk@tjua>
> I was proposing the same idea since long time ago:
> 
> 1.
> Separate pkgbase(8) command that will only manipulate
> FreeBSD 'Base System' and with SQLite database in the
> /var/db/pkgbase/ directory.
> 
> 2.
> Separate pkg(8) command that will only manipulate
> FreeBSD '3rd Party Software' and with SQLite database in
> the /var/db/pkg/ directory.
> 
> ... but seems that is just not wanted.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> vermaden



... or maybe something in between?

Like a hardlink/symlink/something/... that:


You type:
# pkg 'whatever' ...

It is translated to:
# pkg 'whatever' -r FreeBSD-ports -r FreeBSD-ports-kmods ...


You type:
# pkgbase 'whatever' ...

It is translated to:
# pkg 'whatever' -r FreeBSD-base ...



Just another idea.

Regards,
vermaden