Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:24:43 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@freebsd.org> Cc: glarkin@freebsd.org, pav@freebsd.org, "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dislike the way port conflicts are handled now Message-ID: <4B52C94B.10809@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100117013722.1893895c@it.buh.tecnik93.com> References: <d873d5be1001161001i5d398205hea3d2ec1978ee3f@mail.gmail.com> <4B520C71.9080301@FreeBSD.org> <1263673588.1541.60.camel@hood.oook.cz> <20100117013722.1893895c@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
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Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> I'd be very happy if I could:
> - fetch the distfiles, even if I have a conflicting port installed
> - be able to use portmaster -o to switch from one port to an other one
> that conflicts with it.
> - be able to at least compile a port (eg. for testing) without having
> to de-install the current one.
>
> I'm all in favor of restoring the old behavior with a switch available
> to turn on the new one.
+1
Although a big fat warning message at fetch or build phase when operating on
a port with conflicts wouldn't go amiss.
Cheers,
Matthew
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