Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:43:46 +0300 From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@ebs.gr> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Hans Lambermont <hans@lambermont.dyndns.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New version of portmaster available for testing Message-ID: <4461FC22.90709@ebs.gr> In-Reply-To: <20060510143549.GA44733@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <445FC09E.2080601@FreeBSD.org> <20060509213651.GE66029@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> <446179DA.10704@FreeBSD.org> <20060510143549.GA44733@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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Fernan Aguero wrote: > +----[ Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> (10.May.2006 02:29): > | > | > And then, as mentioned in UPDATING/20060506, the lua port upgrade causes > | > problems : > | > > | > ===> lua-5.0.2_1 conflicts with installed package(s): > | > lua-5.1 > | > > | > UPDATING/20060506 says to fix this with : > | > > | > portupgrade -f -o lang/lua50 lua-5.1 > | > > | > What would be a portmaster equivalent ? > | > | Dunno, what do the -f and -o switches do in portupgrade? > | > +----] > > -f / --force > option to force portupgrade to upgrade a package even if it > does not seem to be needed judging from a version > comparison. > > -o origin / --origin origin > Specify a port to upgrade the following package with. > > Basically, this is a great help in cases where you want to > _downgrade_ a port: > > portupgrade -f -o lang/lua50 lua-5.1 > > is the equivalent of saying 'replace (downgrade) the installed lua-5.1 > package with lang/lua50' ... the '-f' is necessary because > lua-5.1 is obviously up to date. > > > This is also necessary when you want to replace one port > with another that installs file in the same place and/or > provides similar functionality: > > also from recent UPDATING notices: > > portupgrade -o x11/gnome-screensaver -f xscreensaver-gnome > portupgrade -o net/avahi -f howl > > is the equivalent of saying 'replace the installed package > xscreensaver-gnome with x11/gnome-screensaver'. In this case > these are two different ports, but they provide the same > functionality. In other cases, they will CONFLICT, > installing files with identical names in the same place. > > Hope it makes it into portmaster :) Ditto :-) Cheers, Panagiotis
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