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Subject: Re: imake 1.0 vs. 4.3.0
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  On Apr 13 at 09:19, Mike Meyer spoke:

> In <20030413075730.GA56425@gicco.homeip.net>, Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> typed:
> >   On Apr 12 at 15:58, Kris Kennaway spoke:
> > > imake is for XFree86 3.x.  You have to remove it before you can
> > > install 4.x
> > Are conflicting ports not handled by the ports system?
> 
> They aren't detected by the ports system, and it will let you install
> ports that overwrite parts of other ports or the system.

Hm. That is it can be a game of luck installing a new port...

> > How can one know whether there are conflicts with other ports?
> 
> Usually because the names are similar.

But some port get implicitly installed. So it's difficult to
notice.

> I'm not sure where Kris got the idea that imake couldn't coexist with
> XFree86 4. I've got imake 4.3.0 installed as well as XFree86 4.3, and
> haven't had any problems. 

He probably meant that imake 1.0 shouldn't coexist with imake 4.3.
But imake 4.3 and XFree86 4.3 shouldn't be a problem.

-Hanspeter