bpkg-pkg-update(1) General Commands Manual bpkg-pkg-update(1)

bpkg-pkg-update - update package

bpkg pkg-update|update [options] [vars] pkg...
bpkg pkg-update|update [options] [vars] --all|-a
bpkg pkg-update|update [options] [vars] (--all-pattern <pattern>)...

The pkg-update command updates the specified packages (the first form), all the held packages (the second form, see bpkg-pkg-status(1)), or all the held packages that match any of the specified wildcard patterns (the third form). Additionally, immediate or all dependencies of these packages can be also updated by specifying the --immediate|-i or --recursive|-r options, respectively. Underneath, this command doesn't do much more than run b update (or one of its update-for-* variants; see --for|-f). In the first form the specified packages must have been previously configured with bpkg-pkg-build(1) or bpkg-pkg-configure(1).

Additional command line variables (vars, normally config.*) can be passed to the build system. Such variables apply to all the specified packages but can also be specified to only apply to specific packages using the argument grouping mechanism (see bpkg-argument-grouping(1) for details).

Update all held packages.
Update held packages that match the specified wildcard pattern. Repeat this option to match multiple patterns. Note that you may need to quote the pattern to prevent expansion by your shell.
Also update immediate dependencies.
Also update all dependencies, recursively.
Instead of the default update build system operation, perform the update-for-operation variant where operation is normally install or test.
Assume configuration is in dir rather than in the current working directory.

The common options are summarized below with a more detailed description available in bpkg-common-options(1).

Print essential underlying commands being executed.
Print all underlying commands being executed.
Run quietly, only printing error messages.
Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6.
Representation format to use for printing to stdout.
Number of jobs to perform in parallel.
Don't print informational messages about the outcome of performing a command or some of its parts.
Write the result of performing a command in a structured form.
Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc.
Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc.
Use color in diagnostics.
Don't use color in diagnostics.
The build program to be used to build packages.
Additional option to be passed to the build program.
The fetch program to be used to download resources.
Additional option to be passed to the fetch program.
The fetch and fetch-like (for example, git) program timeout.
HTTP proxy server to use when fetching package manifests and archives from remote pkg repositories.
The git program to be used to fetch git repositories.
Additional common option to be passed to the git program.
The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums.
Additional option to be passed to the sha256 program.
The tar program to be used to extract package archives.
Additional option to be passed to the tar program.
The openssl program to be used for crypto operations.
Additional option to be passed to the openssl program.
Types of repositories to authenticate.
Trust repository certificate with a SHA256 fingerprint.
Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is yes.
Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is no.
Protocol capabilities (pc) for a git repository URL prefix (up).
The pager program to be used to show long text.
Additional option to be passed to the pager program.
Read additional options from file.
The directory to load additional default options files from.
Don't load default options files.
Don't remove the bpkg's temporary directory at the end of the command execution and print its path at the verbosity level 2 or higher.

See bpkg-default-options-files(1) for an overview of the default options files. For the pkg-update command the search start directory is the configuration directory. The following options files are searched for in each directory and, if found, loaded in the order listed:

bpkg.options
bpkg-pkg-update.options

The following pkg-update command options cannot be specified in the default options files:

--directory|-d

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June 2024 bpkg 0.17.0