Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:47:38 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu> Cc: "danfe@FreeBSD.org" <danfe@FreeBSD.org>, "x11@FreeBSD.org" <x11@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: x11/nvidia-driver incompatible with portmaster? Message-ID: <4E0FBC2A.9090809@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4E0FB86B.7020700@missouri.edu> References: <4E0796A6.3040909@missouri.edu> <4E07A18B.2010205@FreeBSD.org> <4E0F90C6.5020704@missouri.edu> <4E0FB406.4040308@FreeBSD.org> <4E0FB86B.7020700@missouri.edu>
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On 07/02/2011 17:31, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > On 07/02/2011 07:12 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 07/02/2011 14:42, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: >>> Are x11-server/x11-server and x11/nvidia-driver together incompatible >>> with portmaster? >>> >>> If you install x11-server/xorg-server, and then install >>> x11/nvidia-driver, then "pkg_delete -f" and reinstall xorg-server, then >>> it seems to me that x11/nvidia-driver will be broken, because >>> xorg-server will overwrite lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libgl.*, and >>> nvidia-driver also writes these files. >>> >>> I know that x11/nvidia-driver restores the libgl.* files when it is >>> deinstalled. But it is portmaster's use of "pkg_delete -f" that concerns >>> me. >> >> This is a known problem, and has nothing to do with portmaster. If you >> deinstall nvidia-driver first it restores the xorg-server files to the >> prior state. If you do xorg-server first, doing the install of >> nvidia-driver with -DFORCE_PKG_REGISTER (without deinstalling first) >> should do the trick. >> >> >> hth, >> >> Doug >> > > Yes, I knew the solution. > > But I was really offering this as a reason to have some kind of > "NO_REINSTALL" flag, or something similar. Something that tells > portmaster that it shouldn't deinstall xorg-server without deinstalling > nvidia-driver first. It wouldn't be a NO_REINSTALL case (unless I'm missing something) but you're right that we don't have a way to represent "Don't deinstall this port if that port is installed." Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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