Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:36:52 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dislike the way port conflicts are handled now Message-ID: <20100116223652.120c5c6d@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <d873d5be1001161001i5d398205hea3d2ec1978ee3f@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be1001161001i5d398205hea3d2ec1978ee3f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:01:47 -0500 "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote: > >Wait a minute; rewind. Isn't that what "make -DDISABLE_CONFLICTS" > >does? > > I believe that he is talking about changing _when_ the check for > conflicts is made; whereas DISABLE_CONFLICTS ignores the check, > regardless of when it is made. A late check is preferable to using > DISABLE_CONFLICTS, because with that knob you can shoot yourself in > the foot by mistakenly installing one port on top of another. I think the point is you can make -DDISABLE_CONFLICTS using targets other than install
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