Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 02:00:35 +0200 From: Elod Kironsky <kironsky@grisoft.cz> To: David J Brooks <daeg@houston.rr.com> Cc: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gamin and fam conflict... Message-ID: <443D94A3.7090307@grisoft.cz> In-Reply-To: <200604121842.15137.daeg@houston.rr.com> References: <443D828B.7060401@grisoft.cz> <200604121812.33753.daeg@houston.rr.com> <op.s7w4k9vv9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <200604121842.15137.daeg@houston.rr.com>
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David J Brooks wrote: > On Wednesday 12 April 2006 18:23, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > >>> Deinstall fam and install gamin (or vice-versa, they are functionally the >>> same.) Then run portsdb -Fu to update dependencies from fam to gamin. >>> Read >>> man 1 portsdb for more details. >>> >> The portsdb won't help, which it's for INDEX stuff. You need to add >> WITH_FAM_SYSTEM=gamin in make.conf, then do the -o in portupgrade to >> replace. >> >> portupgrade -f -o devel/gamin fam-\* >> >> If you arleady uninstall fam, then no need to use portupgrade and run kgdb >> -f'. >> > > My mistake.. pkgdb -fu (not portsdb -fu) is what I was thinking of. I used to > get the same conflict,. I think between firefox and gramps, and I would just > install whichever one was asking to be installed right over the other. > Unfortunately, that method had a tendency to break other packages. Changing > fam dependents to gamin dependency solved the problem for me. KDE (which > wants fam) works just fine with gamin instead. > > David > One last question. Is it actually pkgdb -fu or pkgdb -Fu? Elod
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