Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:44:57 -0500 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: jbryant@democrats.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port upgrading problems.... Message-ID: <oprsg2k7zu8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <3F170923.5080502@democrats.com> References: <3F170923.5080502@democrats.com>
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:37:55 -0500, Jim Bryant <jbryant@democrats.com> wrote: > I am having a problem building the upgraded versions of XF86-4 and KDE > > The problem is that it sees my XF86-4.2.x files and says that 4.3.x is > already installed. > > Same for the KDE-3.1.2 upgrade from KDE-3.0.x > > How can I force these builds to proceed, while retaining my current > versions at least until I'm ready to install the new versions after they > are built? You should start to use portupgrade, which it can be install in the sysutils/portupgrade. It's a great tool that will upgrade all the apps what you have installed from the ports tree. 1) pkgdb -F (to fix stuff) 2) portupgrade -ra (upgrade all apps) If you don't want the portupgrade, then you can use the FORCE_PKG_REGISTER define. But, I think it's best to do pkg_delete (to uninstall) and install the new X. Cheers, Mezz > Apparently, the ports makefiles are not checking version numbers, but > only the existance of files that seem to be common between versions. > > Jim -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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