From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 2 19:04:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3550E16A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:04:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from malasada.lava.net (malasada.lava.net [64.65.64.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0373F43D39 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:04:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cliftonr@lava.net) Received: by malasada.lava.net (Postfix, from userid 102) id 6ED29153886; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:04:11 -1000 (HST) Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:04:11 -1000 From: Clifton Royston To: Robert Dormer Message-ID: <20041102190410.GB4511@lava.net> References: <20041102120055.34B7516A4D6@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041102120055.34B7516A4D6@hub.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add conflicts X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:04:12 -0000 On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 12:00:55PM +0000, freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org wrote: > Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:34:48 -0500 > From: Robert Dormer > Subject: pkg_add conflicts > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <3174add6041101113442ae55ee@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Can someone tell me, when was the @conflicts command added to the > package system? I keep trying to install things on my 4.9-RELEASE box > and getting complaints from pkg_add about this command. It was quite a while ago, but the change came from CURRENT and I'm not sure when/if it was backported to 4.x. Install the pkg_install-devel tools, and things will go fine. I'm switched over to using those on 4.8 + patches, and they work smoothly on a number of machines. The @conflicts directive is actually a good thing, as it can prevent various maddening and hard-to-fix problems coming up. If you have trouble installing pkg_install-devel from a package - which you shouldn't - update ports and install pkg_install-devel from ports before switching back to the packaging system. -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@tikitechnologies.com Tiki Technologies Lead Programmer/Software Architect Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk this kind of cow? Well we can do it. We know how. If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good. -- Dr. Seuss