Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:15:18 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions regarding FreeBSD packages and dependancies Message-ID: <200509271715.19087.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <20050927152144.28723.qmail@web54509.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050927152144.28723.qmail@web54509.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tuesday 27 September 2005 16:21, Milscvaer wrote: > I tried to use pkg_add to install a new program from > stable, however, it complained about older versions of > gtk being installed and refused to continue. Why not > just leave the old versions of Gtk there so existing > programs may continue to use them, and have new > programs installed from stable use the new version? I don't use packages much, but I think it's the case that a package won't install if it was built against a dependency that is newer that the one you have installed. Note GTK1 and GTK2 are separate and can co-exists, so I think you need to identiy which GTK port it's asking for and update it.
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