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authoragc <agc@pkgsrc.org>2003-01-10 11:58:02 +0000
committeragc <agc@pkgsrc.org>2003-01-10 11:58:02 +0000
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Document PKG_PRESERVE, the capability of a package to specify that it should
not be deleted.
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-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.278 2003/01/04 16:04:06 wiz Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.279 2003/01/10 11:58:02 agc Exp $
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@@ -2481,6 +2481,16 @@ IGNORE is deprecated because it didn't provide enough information
to determine whether the build should fail.
+ 10.32 Packages which should not be deleted, once installed
+ ==========================================================
+
+To ensure that a package may not be deleted, once it has been installed,
+the PKG_PRESERVE definition should be set in the package Makefile. This
+will be carried into any binary package that is made from this pkgsrc
+entry. A "preserved" package will not be deleted using pkg_delete(1),
+unless the "-f" option is used.
+
+
11 Submitting & Committing
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