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Date:      Sun, 5 May 2002 17:39:08 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, "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:  <20020505173908.A35488@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020505190744.B15598-100000@blues.jpj.net>; from trevor@jpj.net on Sun, May 05, 2002 at 07:10:34PM -0400
References:  <20020505160330.A30538@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020505190744.B15598-100000@blues.jpj.net>

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On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 07:10:34PM -0400, Trevor Johnson wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
>=20
> > 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.
>=20
> Patches have been submitted which, if they are ever committed, will add
> support for conflicts to the package tools and to bsd.port.mk:
>=20
> 	http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D13649
> 	http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dports/13650

Thanks, this is something we should test + commit.

Kris

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