Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:54:16 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> Subject: Re: Annoying ports problem Message-ID: <200502172354.17303.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42159B2C.3000000@ant.uni-bremen.de> References: <421467C0.9060801@ant.uni-bremen.de> <42159B2C.3000000@ant.uni-bremen.de>
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On Thursday 17 February 2005 11:37 pm, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:45:36 +0100, Heinrich Rebehn > > > > <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> wrote: > >>Hi list, > >> > >>I have run into an annoying problem several times when upgrading > >> ports. > >> > >>Say, if i want to upgrade gstreamer-plugins, i do: > >> > >># cd /usr/ports/multimedia/gstreamer-plugins > >># make > >> > >>This pulls in some dependencies, for example gnomevfs2. gnnomevfs2 > >> will compile fine, but then stops because it wants to install > >> gnomevfs2 instead of reinstalling it: > >> > >>===> An older version of devel/gnomevfs2 is already installed > >>(gnomevfs2-2.9.91) > >> You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port > >> again by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly. > >> If you really wish to overwrite the old port of > >> devel/gnomevfs2 without deleting it first, set the variable > >> "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER" in your environment or the "make install" > >> command line. *** Error code 1 > >> > >>Since i have run into this several times, i must be missing > >> something substantial. What is it? > > > > Just "make" will make the program and try to install it as if it > > were the first time. When it detects the older version, it will > > want you to do "make deinstall && make reinstall". For upgrading > > ports, you may want to look at /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade. > > It makes no difference wether i use "make" or "portupgrade". As soon > as ether of them decide that another package that the make candidate > depends on, has to be upgraded, the error occurs with that package. Have you tried upgrading using sysutils/portmanager yet? -Mike
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