Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:46:42 +0000 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: REPLACES variable in Makefile ? Message-ID: <45C06582.3030909@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420701300516q491fdab4o3559a3b39ffdd743@mail.gmail.com> References: <45BF40B3.50607@yahoo-inc.com> <cb5206420701300516q491fdab4o3559a3b39ffdd743@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig79A0C970F421B4F2BB7E0EFB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > 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 ? >=20 > 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). >=20 > Currently in ports, you just have to bark at users > to perform some actions manually. Nobody barks here. --=20 Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer --------------enig79A0C970F421B4F2BB7E0EFB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFwGWJMxEkbVFH3PQRCjK1AJ0QjvzkzasD9CqJ8Dz3qx5/r/JsdACdGmiY uN4GpG8MbCYUW3r/fNGkR5I= =HbMr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig79A0C970F421B4F2BB7E0EFB--
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