Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:05:58 GMT From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/183453: "pkg install perl" tries to install multiple versions of perl Message-ID: <201310292105.r9TL5wuU009260@oldred.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201310292110.r9TLA1Si066249@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 183453 >Category: ports >Synopsis: "pkg install perl" tries to install multiple versions of perl >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 29 21:10:01 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Craig Rodrigues >Release: 9.2 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: If I execute this command: pkg install perl then 'pkg' will try to install multiple versions of perl: The following 4 packages will be installed: Installing perl: 5.12.5_1 Upgrading perl: 5.14.4_1 -> 5.14.4_2 Installing perl: 5.16.3_1 Installing perl: 5.18.1_1 The installation will require 148 MB more space 51 MB to be downloaded Proceed with installing packages [y/N]: >From some discussions on the mailing lists with Baptiste, Baptiste would like to see that (1) PKGNAME must be unique in the ports tree (2) LATEST_LINK can be used to work around the problem, but the ideal solution would be to fix PKGNAME >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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