Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:16:10 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> To: Alagarsamy <alagar@yahoo-inc.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: REPLACES variable in Makefile ? Message-ID: <cb5206420701300516q491fdab4o3559a3b39ffdd743@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45BF40B3.50607@yahoo-inc.com> References: <45BF40B3.50607@yahoo-inc.com>
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On 1/30/07, Alagarsamy <alagar@yahoo-inc.com> wrote: > I want to know whether we are having REPLACES variable just > like CONFLICTS variable in the Makefile ? > > I have two packages A and B. Package A is already installed. > I want to install package B which should automatically replace the > package A. In case, if there is no REPLACES variable, is there any > other way to do this ? Your end-user desire is clear, but if you want to go a bit further and propose a solution you should probably examine systems where this already works (I'd start with debian). Currently in ports, you just have to bark at users to perform some actions manually.
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