From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 5 20:11:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC50316A420 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 20:11:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@vindaloo.com) Received: from corellia.vindaloo.com (corellia.vindaloo.com [64.51.148.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E34E43D4C for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 20:11:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@vindaloo.com) Received: from yavin.vindaloo.com (yavin.vindaloo.com [172.24.144.34]) by corellia.vindaloo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06DBE12936 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:10:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from endaba.vindaloo.com (endaba.vindaloo.com [172.24.145.66]) by yavin.vindaloo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6527124F4A; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:10:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from endaba.vindaloo.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by endaba.vindaloo.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k15KA4kr027028; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:10:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@endaba.vindaloo.com) Received: (from chris@localhost) by endaba.vindaloo.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id k15KA4uK027027; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:10:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:10:04 -0500 From: Christopher Sean Hilton To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060205201004.GA26968@endaba.vindaloo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Gnome port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:11:01 -0000 --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is there a reason that the gnome 2 ports don't use the conflicts mechanism to avoid completely hosing an existing gnome 2 install? On Friday I came across a gimp script-fu which would slice an image into pieces and output html that rendered the complete image as a table. But it was written in python and my gimp doesn't understand python-fu. Well I figured that it would be a simple matter to: # cd /usr/ports/graphics/gimp; make config and tell the the port that I wanted to use python plugins. And then a simple: # make would either build the package or _harmlessly_ barf trying. Well, it did barf but only after it had installed gnome2-vfs-2.12.x.x or sumsuch and about 5 or six other gnome2-2.12 ports on top of my working gnome2-2.10.x.x installation. Obviously this rendered the installed gnome2-2.10 ports on my box inoperable in very difficult to debug ways. Would a CONFLICTS entry in the apropriate make files have stopped the gnome overbuilds and left my system in a working state? Also please don't get me wrong. I planned to update my laptop from 5.4-STABLE to 6.0-STABLE later this week. But this problem means that I'm without my laptop for a client visit and mailserver build which is not making me very happy. Thanks -- Chris P.S. I glad to post a bug report an fling this email in the direction of the port maintainers. Heck I think I could even script the process of updating the Makefiles given enough time. --=20 Chris Hilton chris-at-vindaloo-dot-com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "All I was doing was trying to get home from work!" -- Rosa Parks --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iQEVAwUBQ+ZbmoLaxorQlXotAQJcbgf+KZCd1faya/AvRSh9SZt+oo6JIsRmBrBK Jc5em//p/A86OKw37YUbnyWfi25f5NGbPUEELfe69qCAZOnVhi6V0TB2O24QQCIo 4J4xpZ7W99VEuM0LNJUSAtOfP/7BJi7UrwjHiYZtLkr5uS+8ti4t5qIMOiKUvXUI s0TUwSO+AbyL5KPybowOdeyrEO0RyCCh2ZdSm84Uu8O/YC5yNwreD+JcHD6PbD6M IQ56s5Iskf7tVX6yb+F6OTYR3xoReKKrt4XDmJi2/fb0sYT/caCBormQvjr7p5yp tTT5RW06AED0sD5ScafpA/MDClTsjv5cOhmn1m7LBq1Mi3qiRvXLTw== =I+B7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr--