Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:47:19 +0000 (UTC) From: "Helmut Schneider" <jumper99@gmx.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to upgrade perl 5.8 to 5.10? Message-ID: <xn0gpdbs88iaowx008@news.gmane.org> References: <xn0gpdade8ge98a006@news.gmane.org> <4B57011E.6030005@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > Helmut Schneider wrote: > > > > ===> perl-threaded-5.10.1 conflicts with installed package(s): > > perl-threaded-5.8.9_3 > > > > They install files into the same place. > > Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). > > *** Error code 1 > > Yes. This has been the subject of some debate on the questions@... > list recently. The behaviour you're seeing is the result of a recent > commit affecting the conflicts handling code in bsd.port.mk. It now > checks for conflicts much earlier -- during the fetch and build > phases of installing from a port. Consequently the common idiom of: > > # portupgrade -o new-variant -f old-variant > > will almost always result in an error as you've seen. Many people > (myself included) think this change is not a good idea. > > To work around the problem, try: > > # portupgrade -m DISABLE_CONFLICTS=yes -o lang/perl5.10 -f > perl-threaded-5.8.\* > > and then carry on the process as described in UPDATING by > force-upgrading all perl modules and any applications that embed a > perl interpreter (mod_perl, net-snmpd, nagios, etc) top-notch! Thanks, Helmut -- No Swen today, my love has gone away My mailbox stands for lorn, a symbol of the dawn
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