PKG-LOCK(8)

NAME
pkg lock, pkg unlock - lock or unlock packages

SYNOPSIS
pkg lock [-qy] -a
pkg lock [-giqxy] pkg-name
pkg unlock [-qy] -a
pkg unlock [-giqxy] pkg-name

DESCRIPTION
pkg lock is used to lock packages against reinstallation, modification or deletion. pkg unlock unlocks the named packages. Either variant only has an effect on currently installed packages. Consequently it is impossible to block installation of a new package by using this mechanism, unless such an installation implies updating a locked package.

The impact of locking a package is wider than simply preventing modifications to the package itself. Any operation implying modification of the locked package will be blocked. This includes:

•   Attempts to reinstall, up- or downgrade or delete the locked package itself.
•   Installation, up- or downgrade of a package where the resultant package would have a dependency on a different version of the locked package.
•   Deletion, up- or downgrade of any package the locked package depends upon, either directly or as a consequence of installing or upgrading some third package.

OPTIONS
The following options are supported by pkg lock:

-a  Lock or unlock all installed packages.

-g  Treat pkg-name as a shell glob pattern.

-i  Make the default or the regular expression (-x) pkg-name matching case insensitive.

-q  Operate quietly: do not output anything other than confirmatory questions.

-x  Treat pkg-name as a regular expression according to the "modern" or "extended" syntax of re_format(7).

-y  Assume "yes" as the answer to all questions.

ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg lock. See pkg.conf(5) for further description.

PKG_DBDIR

ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES

FILES
See pkg.conf(5).

SEE ALSO
pkg.conf(5), pkg(8), pkg-add(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-audit(8), pkg-autoremove(8), pkg-backup(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-convert(8), pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-stats(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8)