renv::update() ignores renv::settings$ignored.packages.

[vspinu]

If I do renv::settings$ignored.packages("purrr") and then renv::update(), purr is still updated. Is there a way to freeze a package when others are updated?

I think renv::update(exclude = "...") would be useful in cases when a small set of packages should stay.

[vspinu]

BTW, ignoring packages seems to be broken. If my package is ignored and it's in renv.lock file, then when I do renv::snapshot() I get:

The following required packages are not installed:

	xyz [required by abc]

Consider re-installing these packages before snapshotting the lockfile.

Re-installing doesn't work, same message.

[kevinushey]

Assuming I'm understanding the second issue, it sounds like you're trying to ignore a package that is required by another package. Is that correct?

If so, I think the issue here is in the error message -- the ignored package should still be omitted from the lockfile, but the diagnostic work that runs beforehand is flagging xyz because it's "required" but not available (because it was ignored)

[vspinu]

That's right. The package is required by another package, and I want to freeze the dependency.

[kevinushey]

I believe this is fixed now on master -- let me know if that doesn't appear to be the case.