Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 19:10:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: "Newton, Harry" <NewtonHa@logica.com>, "'freebsd-ports@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pkg-plist entries duplicated between ports : advice sort Message-ID: <20020505190744.B15598-100000@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <20020505160330.A30538@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 02:25:21PM +0100, Newton, Harry wrote: > > > What do I do if I want to create a port with a name that already > > appears in the ports tree ? I can give the port a different name, but > > what should I do if both of them install binaries and man pages with > > the same names ? > > Either use a conditional which marks the port BROKEN if the port that > it conflicts with is installed, or change your port so that it doesn't > install files with the same name. Patches have been submitted which, if they are ever committed, will add support for conflicts to the package tools and to bsd.port.mk: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=13649 http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/13650 -- Trevor Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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