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.Dd August 27, 2025
.Dt PKG-SET 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm "pkg set"
.Nd modify information in the installed database
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl a
.Op Fl A Ar 0|1
.Op Fl n Ar oldname:newname
.Op Fl o Ar oldorigin:neworigin
.Op Fl p
.Op Fl v Ar 0|1
.Op Fl y
.Op Fl Cgix
.Ar pkg-name
.Pp
.Nm
.Op Cm --all
.Op Cm --automatic Ar 0|1
.Op Cm --change-name Ar oldname:newname
.Op Cm --change-origin Ar oldorigin:neworigin
.Op Cm --partial
.Op Cm --yes
.Op Fl v Ar 0|1
.Op Cm --{case-sensitive,glob,case-insensitive,regex}
.Ar pkg-name
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is used to modify information concerning installed packages.
.Nm
should always be used with caution.
.Sh OPTIONS
The following options are supported by
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width automatic
.It Fl A Ar 01 , Cm --automatic Ar 01
Set automatic flag for the package: 0 is not automatic, 1 is automatic.
This affects the operation of
.Xr pkg-autoremove 8 .
.It Fl a , Cm --all
Match all installed packages.
.It Fl C , Cm --case-sensitive
Make the standard or the regular expression
.Fl ( x )
matching against
.Ar pkg-name
case sensitive.
.It Fl g , Cm --glob
Match
.Ar pkg-name
as a globbing expression.
.It Fl i , Cm --case-insensitive
Make the standard or regular expression
.Fl ( x )
matching against
.Ar pkg-name
case insensitive.
This is the default, unless modified by setting
.Ev CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH
to true in
.Pa pkg.conf .
.It Fl n Ar oldname:newname , Cm --change-name Ar oldname:newname
Change the package name of a given dependency from
.Ar oldname
to
.Ar newname .
.It Fl o Ar oldorigin:neworigin , Cm --change-origin Ar oldorigin:neworigin
Change the port origin of a given dependency from
.Ar oldorigin
to
.Ar neworigin .
This corresponds to the port directory that the package originated from.
Typically, this is only needed for upgrading a library or package that
has MOVED or when the default version of a major port dependency
changes. (DEPRECATED)
Usually this will be explained in /usr/ports/UPDATING.
Also see
.Xr pkg-updating 8
and
.Sx EXAMPLES .
.It Fl p , Cm --partial
Turn the
.Fl o
or
.Fl -n
options from exact match renames into substring search in replace in all
installed packages.
.It Fl x , Cm --regex
Match
.Ar pkg-name
as a regular expression according to the "modern" or "extended" syntax of
.Xr re_format 7 .
.It Fl v Ar 01
Set or unset the
.Qq vital
flag on the target package(s).
Set to
.Ar 0
to disable the
.Qq vital
flag, and
.Ar 1
to enable it.
.It Fl y , Cm --yes
Assume yes rather than asking for confirmation before modifying package information.
.El
.Pp
If neither the
.Fl g
nor
.Fl x
options are used, the default is to match pkg-name exactly.
.Sh FILES
See
.Xr pkg.conf 5 .
.Sh EXAMPLES
Change a package from automatic to non-automatic, which will prevent
.Ic autoremove
from removing it:
.Dl % pkg set -A 0 perl-5.14
.Pp
Change a package from non-automatic to automatic, which will make
.Ic autoremove
allow it be removed once nothing depends on it:
.Dl % pkg set -A 1 perl-5.14
.Pp
Rename all the php83- packages into php84- packages in order to prepare
for an upgrade
.Dl % pkg set -p -n php83:php84
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of
.Nm .
See
.Xr pkg.conf 5
for further description.
.Bl -tag -width ".Ev NO_DESCRIPTIONS"
.It Ev CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pkg_create 3 ,
.Xr pkg_printf 3 ,
.Xr pkg_repo_create 3 ,
.Xr pkg_repos 3 ,
.Xr pkg-keywords 5 ,
.Xr pkg-lua-script 5 ,
.Xr pkg-repository 5 ,
.Xr pkg-script 5 ,
.Xr pkg-triggers 5 ,
.Xr pkg.conf 5 ,
.Xr pkg 8 ,
.Xr pkg-add 8 ,
.Xr pkg-alias 8 ,
.Xr pkg-annotate 8 ,
.Xr pkg-audit 8 ,
.Xr pkg-autoremove 8 ,
.Xr pkg-check 8 ,
.Xr pkg-clean 8 ,
.Xr pkg-config 8 ,
.Xr pkg-create 8 ,
.Xr pkg-delete 8 ,
.Xr pkg-fetch 8 ,
.Xr pkg-info 8 ,
.Xr pkg-install 8 ,
.Xr pkg-key 8 ,
.Xr pkg-lock 8 ,
.Xr pkg-query 8 ,
.Xr pkg-register 8 ,
.Xr pkg-repo 8 ,
.Xr pkg-repositories 8 ,
.Xr pkg-rquery 8 ,
.Xr pkg-search 8 ,
.Xr pkg-shell 8 ,
.Xr pkg-shlib 8 ,
.Xr pkg-ssh 8 ,
.Xr pkg-stats 8 ,
.Xr pkg-triggers 8 ,
.Xr pkg-update 8 ,
.Xr pkg-updating 8 ,
.Xr pkg-upgrade 8 ,
.Xr pkg-version 8 ,
.Xr pkg-which 8
