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Subject: errors with dependant packages while installing ports.
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Hi,

I seem to get failures just about every time i try to install anything:

in particular errors with dependant packages:

"An older version of whatever/whatever is already installed..."

now, on attempts to update any of these dependancy packages i break my 
system... so. do i just accept i cannot update or run certain things, or 
is there some trick t this i am missing...?

please 'CC' me as i am on digest mode...