From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jul 9 10:31:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA17214 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:31:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peloton.physics.montana.edu (peloton.physics.montana.edu [153.90.192.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA17208 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:31:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu) Received: from localhost (brett@localhost) by peloton.physics.montana.edu (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA11682; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:29:53 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:29:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Brett Taylor To: Glenn Johnson cc: Manfred Antar , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: windowmaker 0.16.1 does not compile on -CURRENT In-Reply-To: <199807091609.LAA27848@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, > I usually do a "make" first to verify that the port builds. Once the > port builds, then I do a pkg_delete, followed by a "make install". It > seems that a port should build without having to do a pkg_delete first. > Having to do pkg_delete before the build implies that the new version is > using parts of the old version to build and it seems that would not be > the "right thing to do". But this is NOT an unusual experience. Try installing TeX and LaTeX, then decide you want teTeX instead. Or lyx w/ just the LaTeX install. Or some of the tcl/tk ports. Note I'm not trying to defend this port behavior but it certainly happens. If you're worried about it (ports usually build - really) then you could always do a make package of the old one so you could just pkg_add your old package if the new port fails to build. Brett *********************************************************** Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a light bulb? Zero. They declared Darkness[tm] the standard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message