From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 20 16:14:37 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2B8D16A417 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:14:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A163E13C459 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:14:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9] (may be forged)) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.06) with ESMTP id l6KGEYuO020061 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:14:34 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l6KGEXNS012435 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:14:34 -0700 Message-ID: <46A0DF68.9080805@u.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:14:32 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Moran References: <20070720085855.99fb2109.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <20070720085855.99fb2109.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.2.304607, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.7.20.84934 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Overly restrictive checks in the make process X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:14:37 -0000 Bill Moran wrote: > [root@server /usr/ports/databases/postgresql82-server]# make fetch-recursive > ===> Fetching all distfiles for postgresql-server-8.2.4_1 and dependencies > ===> postgresql-server-8.2.4_1 cannot install: the port wants postgresql82-client but you have postgresql81-client installed. > *** Error code 1 > > Why? Is there a legitimate reason why the fetch process refuses to > download this? I know I've got an older version installed, but why > is it preventing me from downloading a newer one? Seems like the > IGNORE= check is either being checked too aggressively or that the > logic is less sophisticated than it should be. > > Does anyone know of a reason why this couldn't be changed to allow > fetching of conflicting ports distfiles? > > Sounds like a +CONFLICTS type of issue (the MySQL client and server files for instance install some libs in the same spot, so they conflict IIRC). -Garrett