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Subject: Re: A simple ports question...
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On Thursday 20 October 2005 15:25, makisupa wrote:
> How would you install a port that had dependencies that were older than
> identical items on your system?
>
> For example, you install portx that requires depend1.1 -- you have
> depend1.2 on your system.  

This will happen if you have an out-of-date ports tree, and have installed 
packages built against a newer tree. Try bringing your tree up-to-date with 
cvsup or portsnap. See the handbook for details.