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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To: Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com>
Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>,  freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: how do you force make install to overwrite conflicting files from
 another port?
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Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:53:36 -0400
In-Reply-To: <5b020f89-8f29-5c52-e3de-6c067019b7e9@astart.com> (Patrick
 Powell's message of "Fri, 3 Jun 2016 08:26:25 -0700")
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Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> writes:

> Suppose that you have a portA which is a dependency of a lot of other ports.
>
> You also have a portB which is a replacement/update/upgrade for portA.
>
> PortB provides replacements for the executables generated/supplied by
> PortA but for various reasons you still want to use some of PortA
> installed items such as libraries,  etc.
>
> I tried doing the following:
>
> # pkg install PortA
> # cd /usr/ports/xxx/PortB
> # make install
>
> Installing PortB...
> pkg-static: PortB conflicts with PortA (installs files into the same
> place).  Problematic file: /usr/local/bin/utilityl
> *** Error code 70
>
> Is there an option, or a way similar to using 'make
> FORCE_PGK_REGISTER=YES install'
> to force overwriting the conflicting files?

Not directly, no. The way to do it straight from the ports tree is to
remove the "PortA" *first* (with "pkg delete -f"), and then install
"PortB". You end up losing the dependency information that PortA had
formerly had, but things will work.

Upgrade tools (pkg, portmaster, portupgrade, at least) have a "-o"
option that fixes up the dependency information.