Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:14:32 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Overly restrictive checks in the make process Message-ID: <46A0DF68.9080805@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070720085855.99fb2109.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> References: <20070720085855.99fb2109.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > [root@server /usr/ports/databases/postgresql82-server]# make fetch-recursive > ===> Fetching all distfiles for postgresql-server-8.2.4_1 and dependencies > ===> postgresql-server-8.2.4_1 cannot install: the port wants postgresql82-client but you have postgresql81-client installed. > *** Error code 1 > > Why? Is there a legitimate reason why the fetch process refuses to > download this? I know I've got an older version installed, but why > is it preventing me from downloading a newer one? Seems like the > IGNORE= check is either being checked too aggressively or that the > logic is less sophisticated than it should be. > > Does anyone know of a reason why this couldn't be changed to allow > fetching of conflicting ports distfiles? > > Sounds like a +CONFLICTS type of issue (the MySQL client and server files for instance install some libs in the same spot, so they conflict IIRC). -Garrett
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