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locks(5)


NAME

   locks - libzypp locking file

DESCRIPTION

   The file /etc/zypp/locks is read by libzypp at start-up if zypp.conf
   allows it. The entries are used for initial locking of packages.
   Locking a package means not allowing to install or uninstall it.

   Valid entries are of the form:

   attribute: value
       Where attributes and their values are described below.

   Locks are separated by an empty lines.

ATTRIBUTES

   All attributes are lower-case.

   repo
       specifies repository restriction. Only alias is accepted.

       By default all repositories match.

   type
       resolvable type restriction. The values can be package, patch,
       pattern, product and srcpackage.

       By default all types match.

   case_sensitive
       if strings are matched case sensitive. The values are true, false,
       on, off.

       The default is case insensitive.

   install_status
       status of object. Possible states are installed, not-installed and
       all. If more install statuses are specified then the last one is
       used. The values are installed for all packages which are
       installed, non-installed for packages which can be installed or
       reinstalled and all for both.

       The default is all.

   match_type
       type of string matching in values. Does not affect type and repo
       which must be specified exactly. The values are exact, substring,
       regex for regular expressions, glob for matching as on the command
       line, and word.

       The default is substring.

   query_string
       String to be matched in multiple attributes. Should be restricted
       by another attribute with empty value (it is recommended, because
       without restriction expect some performance problems).

   version
       Restrict the lock only to some versions. It contains two parts: an
       optional operator and the version.

       The operator is ==, !=, <, >, , >=. If operator is not specified
       then == is used.

       The version has the format [epoch:]version[-release].

       Example: version: < 0:0.11.4-2

   solvable_name
       name of object (e.g. zypper)

   solvable_summary
       summary of object

   solvable_arch
       architecture of object (e.g. x86_64, i586)

   solvable_description
       description of object

   solvable_eula
       license text of objects which request accepting license by user

   solvable_license
       license of package (only for package) (e.g. GPL2)

   solvable_keywords
       keywords which specify package (only for package)

   solvable_authors
       authors of package (only for package)

   solvable_group
       package group (only for package) (e.g. Development/Tools/Version
       Control )

   update_reference_type
       reference for update (e.g. bugzilla,cve) (only for patches)

EXAMPLES

   Exact Package
       This is the way YaST UI does it. Lock k3b (e.g. you don't want to
       update it).

       -----locks-----
       type: package
       solvable_name: k3b
       match_type: exact
       case_sensitive: on

   Package Wildcard
       This is the way "zypper addlock cross-*-gcc-icecream-backend" does
       it.

       -----locks-----
       type: package
       solvable_name: cross-*-gcc-icecream-backend
       match_type: glob
       case_sensitive: on

   Versioned Lock
       Do not install new GCC. This format is used when converting from
       the openSUSE-10.3 lock format.

       -----locks-----
       solvable_name: gcc
       match_type: glob
       version: > 4.2

   Anything named KDE
       Locks everything which contains kde in the name.

       -----locks-----
       solvable_name: kde

   Anything mentioning KDE
       Locks everything which contains kde in the name, summary, or
       description.

       -----locks-----
       query_string: kde
       solvable_name:
       solvable_summary:
       solvable_description:

HOMEPAGE

   This manual page only covers the most important attributes. The
   complete list is available at http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp/Locksfile

AUTHORS

   Josef Reidinger <jreidinger@suse.cz> Manual page contributions by
   Martin Vidner <mvidner@suse.cz>.

SEE ALSO

   zypper(8)



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