From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 30 18:01:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C2011065679 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:01:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE2BD8FC1B for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:01:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so1939109bwz.43 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:01:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=raw4zMsCXWT1ScYQLzqwHwXgv6GGeCYNIkK4FED0Gw0=; b=VjPXMQ5Ml9aGz2UNw9+XSi1xiaaM5Q6HMKUTy7elB1eiqvNmKPMd00W3mmsEt9lwx8 EomDQTiTOyr2UvhToumx5VpKBqxyaQNFtOLtFeXSiakc/kpOYG2dLu+LI1VvjpX45fBy U8OCGBVFKL4od8RBpwg8nsZk+xZ1JA7loyWto= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=mOea2+WC8/g+A3HPICL585o0YwJ2tcE23F/cKRTCfiI/FnEL8TdK40hpnjS8IVS7N9 L+eFLtsIaRSsPs4T1kKyOjhUJxK5U7pnyGaBfkMYRCTdpMkIduL2ZGV4yP1EdMn3sI/D QtalE9WtetKhRTtdBTdRsLSB/vLRoPJ/ozc5w= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.31.82 with SMTP id x18mr1729872bkc.5.1241114497492; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:01:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1241110520.72951.11.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> References: <1241110520.72951.11.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:01:37 -0700 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Ken Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Jon Loeliger , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.2-RC2 Install Feedback X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:01:39 -0000 On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Ken Smith wrote: > On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 08:55 -0500, Jon Loeliger wrote: > > Also, I banged my head against problems installing emacs > > (aborted with error -1), until I finally realized that > > xemacs-21.4 was already installed. I think there was some > > form of conflict (?) that prevented two versions from > > being installed. Seemed odd to me in any event, and not > > very evident why the (package) install was being rejected. > > This basic issue (package conflicts) has been becoming more and more of > a problem. It's not likely we can do anything about it this time around > but we'll think a bit more about what to include on the media going > forwards. I also found Gnome2 and KDE4 are mutually exclusive due to > package conflicts, you need to select one or the other. > > Just so you know - if there are issues with installing things and errors > pop up you can often quickly find what the cause of the error was by > pressing Alt-F2. You can get back to the primary screen with Alt-F1. > > -- > Ken Smith > - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu > there, funny things are everywhere. | > - Theodore Geisel | > > In the www.freebsd.org Ports pages , within the descriptions about ports , there is no any information about conflicting packages . In these descriptions , when there is ( are ) conflicted package(s) specifying it with a tag such as Conflicts with : ... would be useful . During installations , or package adds such conflicting packages may be avoided . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk