Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:45:27 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] TexLive port Message-ID: <5031F927.9000304@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <5031F80F.6060303@FreeBSD.org> References: <50170F2E.2060804@bsdforen.de> <50276571.5070709@bsdforen.de> <5031EC66.8020807@bsdforen.de> <20120820081651.GI57907@mail.hs.ntnu.edu.tw> <5031F408.4040800@bsdforen.de> <5031F80F.6060303@FreeBSD.org>
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On 20/08/2012 10:40, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 08/20/2012 01:23, Dominic Fandrey wrote:
>> I have run into problems with portmaster. The problem is that it doesn't
>> check whether a dependency is satisfied. It just goes ahead and installs
>> them.
>>
>> I think a dependency like:
>> latex:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base
>>
>> shouldn't cause portmaster to install teTeX-base. Not if a latex
>> binary is already available.
>
> Portmaster doesn't handle dependencies that way, it relies on the port
> authors to register CONFLICTS. If you have installed a port that
> installs a latex binary it and teTeX-base should have CONFLICTS
> registered against each other.
So evidently my list of CONFLICTS is not complete.
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