From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 23 19:50:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D86F16A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:50:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C91C43D49 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:50:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6NJoO1C053175 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:50:24 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6NJoOIL053174; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:50:24 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:50:24 GMT Message-Id: <200407231950.i6NJoOIL053174@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Bram Moolenaar Subject: Re: bin/57466: dialog(1) does not read stdin, breaks subversion port X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bram Moolenaar List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:50:25 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/57466; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bram Moolenaar To: "Bruce A. Mah" Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/57466: dialog(1) does not read stdin, breaks subversion port Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:41:41 +0200 Bruce - > > > This PR caught my eye because at one point I used to maintain the > > > subversion port. When did it ever use the dialog command? It didn't > > > when I used to maintain it, and it doesn't seem to now. > > > > > > Is this still a problem? > > > > I'll try it out (now using FreeBSD 4.9)... Hmm, now the subversion port > > breaks because of a nasty dependency: > > An older version of textproc/expat2 is already installed (expat-1.95.6_1) > > The usual problem: 126 packages depend on expat-1.95.6_1! Thus I can't > > use the subversion port at this time. This kind of dependency makes > > the port system completely useless! > > portupgrade is your friend. In this case what happened (I think) is > that the shared library version number for expat was incremented and > subversion (rightfully) wants the newer one. If you portupgrade the > expat port, it'll save away a copy of the old library (or libraries) so > your 126 existing ports can use them. % portupgrade portupgrade: Command not found If portupgrade is such an obvious solution, then why isn't it used automatically? I have no idea what the side effects will be, I'm not going to take a risk on a stable system. In other words: Why isn't the right version of expat installed when it's needed? Version conflicts should be dealt with, not result in an error message. - Bram -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 68. Your cat always puts viruses on your dogs homepage /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// Sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ Project leader for A-A-P -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ Buy at Amazon and help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF.nl/click1.html ///