From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 29 14:12:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C9DE16A418 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:12:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C20B713C465 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:12:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so122343nfb for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:12:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=QhldtWIluGoXXZXqzq2GGJQXMaeOyAcTDOSJ0gtW/JwBQnNTOMqkHBPWeStr49VKfUtjk1U/OXs3Stdl5oBBoP3QrLajvqz4fgWaVzPIJe3W8wpBM2EEKk6pDQU1sGsQpLAZHIf7pRicFxQvJIO86rff+bFCNhWVmgiyiHH5FmI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=BQYGgwvytbT9kZzdVBM3/6qQwS6fLzo3Wqc23bF3lKKf3C3Wl5mQn40n9SeUFTMnaqiaSQbtXlhGKpoXl4+D8MjY8/fzvKf948SrR7FCl+XgkVnr6OqlpSdns0Rtnnm2LDk3I8ZNwlwQQDetZOEFQ7CQyj4Gx2OIlE4eNEwjuIY= Received: by 10.86.28.5 with SMTP id b5mr3251819fgb.1185718329506; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:12:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from monju-bosatsu.dreamtrack.dnsalias.com ( [86.18.88.217]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 35sm8119709nfu.2007.07.29.07.12.08 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:12:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46ACA036.7070806@crackmonkey.us> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:12:06 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pollywog References: <200707281513.51368.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <20070728202316.GA15797@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <200707282051.28386.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> In-Reply-To: <200707282051.28386.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam J Richardson Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oops, what have i done! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:12:11 -0000 Pollywog wrote: > On Saturday 28 July 2007 20:23:16 Erik Trulsson wrote: > >> Short answer: It is perfectly normal. Don't worry. >> >> Longer answer: >> >> The reason you have all of them installed is that some ports need one of >> them, and others need another one etc. >> It is perfectly safe to have all of them installed at the same time. >> >> You can delete any or all of them if you wish, but don't be surprised if >> they get pulled in again by one port or another. > > In Linux, I occasionally have compiling problems when I have two versions of > automake installed. Removing the ones that are not needed fixes the problem. I usually delete the older one[s] if I see duplicates in my portversion list, and let the resultant "stale links" [if any] resolve themselves to point at the latest version. That shouldn't be dangerous, right? I find portsdb generally does the Right Thing. I don't think it's caused me any problems [yet]. Adam J Richardson