Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:12:22 -0800 From: Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: firebird25-client 2.5.3 fails to build Message-ID: <CA%2BE3k93cXLTbxwif66mJNstKftVXV7TtqVo94V34R87C7dw9Kw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ_iqtbcS3bvSZxazsGw5z-bOcucYeVB3KdWk9yNhRsyNE%2BWTw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ_iqtbmzYgwekB4%2BJ5qVgqr2_hOx-sVG5Wg%2BBygC57NB2=ECA@mail.gmail.com> <CAEJt7hbvam98FWSBG6pw1vrYP-4y2-SHAyCoQHnUYBw348yK_w@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ_iqtaseG13B-UV6_fmMdbESd90WtTn6coG=xBBzMq37XuUPA@mail.gmail.com> <CAEJt7hYF=ftc3WoJKUi_Ha3-vBPfmG=JDKC8tqTUtFc86QGgBw@mail.gmail.com> <20141023192424.GD66862@home.opsec.eu> <CAJ_iqtbcS3bvSZxazsGw5z-bOcucYeVB3KdWk9yNhRsyNE%2BWTw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> wrote: >> >> There's a PR that discusses this issue (ports that require >> their old version to be deinstalled before building the new version): >> >> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193371 >> > > Perhaps a note in /usr/ports/UPDATING would have been the right thing > to do here? <soapbox> Or even better, using FreeBSD Foundation funds to sponsor work to make this automatic ... or even semi-automatic (to prompt the user with "This port is marked as requiring deinstallation prior to reinstallation. Would you like to do that now? (y/n)") </soapbox> Royce
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