From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 16 19:51:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF231065693 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:51:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp101.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp101.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A8F9E8FC12 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:51:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 22210 invoked from network); 16 Jan 2010 19:51:29 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=whfrd0R52jlWZkZvYSQbCFgQLwOdeUDqmp6TFlbkozfYwItjUo0HovQ4D7fhVbP9Vf8L7kccyMsxnVi6RZQ+WkjSbkR/4UklADDkUplxKzz8hRYn9dbz8efLILUfnTwzLbfKfudN1P4A14mtUQXfHKNnNMT8c92lapc+HXkqEIY= ; Received: from c-67-189-160-65.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.160.65 with login) by smtp101.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Jan 2010 11:51:29 -0800 PST X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: GH7LAWAVM1m9AEPMUYmU2JTX0ULmKkr45VZrTt3Q9EtQoHuMlDmLyFIpmDJLiBIFWZcOxCeDSpQlaQEvY7LQltzxrN1N9YyS.8Uera9I179pf_6v9AJAR5LEOzMWAb2WoPGqTqNx4eORJAeyrcyiKFKSrb9We8m6LveNjKS3N_buOUI1dP0CYokQuyLD8al8TluDw91o69N2dU7b.hIFezJPEr7Fb9A8JO6KpGOD_mzGRbREvAmPagGiOGsCmBgRlfdJJrAfXnuVwSOcgf4CezHE5fIrGInsQE8ZndinOd33S.B01Rb0g8yKtw-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 503182283C for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:51:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:51:28 -0500 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100116145128.32fdd7f0@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <4B5210F7.9060909@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> References: <20100116190120.GA59663@guilt.hydra> <4B5210F7.9060909@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.18.5; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Dislike the way port conflicts are handled now X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:51:38 -0000 On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:18:15 -0600 Programmer In Training articulated: > That does nothing for conflict resolution, though. That's a big > concern for me because in the past, only one distribution of Linux > (not having used any of the BSD's before, cannot comment on them > except for what I'm seeing in this discussion) that I've used seems > to handle not only package dependency with ease and grace, but also > conflict resolution (in the sense that the only time I've had an > issue with conflicts was when an updated package wasn't available or > an older required package was discontinued). I like the fact that > FreeBSD checks for conflicts early, but erroring out without anything > really useful is a negative for me. Instead of erroring out, why not > initiate some sort of conflict resolution (e.g. remove and or update > an old port) when the conflict is first detected? Yes, it may very > well mean increased time to install a package, especially if > compiling from source, but I find that a more elegant solution then > just erroring out and requiring yet another manual step. Of course > there could be an option to opt-out of this sort of behavior too, for > those who like the extra steps. If I remember correctly, 'portmanager -y' removed conflicting ports prior to installing a new or updated port. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. Oscar Wilde