Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:07:49 -0500 From: David J Brooks <daeg@houston.rr.com> To: Elod Kironsky <kironsky@grisoft.cz> Cc: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gamin and fam conflict... Message-ID: <200604121907.50259.daeg@houston.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <443D94A3.7090307@grisoft.cz> References: <443D828B.7060401@grisoft.cz> <200604121842.15137.daeg@houston.rr.com> <443D94A3.7090307@grisoft.cz>
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On Wednesday 12 April 2006 19:00, Elod Kironsky wrote: > 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 Use -F (to Fix) rather than -f (to force) Dru Lavigne has a very helpful article on the ports system here: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1 David -- Sure God created the world in only six days, but He didn't have an established user-base.
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