Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:33:23 +0200 From: Jos Chrispijn <ports@webrz.net> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Double versions installed Message-ID: <4C967393.60004@webrz.net> In-Reply-To: <20100919170117.GA26484@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <4C963526.6020201@webrz.net> <20100919170117.GA26484@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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On 19-9-2010 19:01, Erik Trulsson wrote: > That is perfectly normal. Some programs require one specific version > of autoconf, while others require another version, so one easily ends > up with more than one version installed. They can live side-by-side so > having more than one version installed is not a problem. I see. But out of a programmers point of view, I would never stick to my old versions but update to newer ones because I need to catch up with other new program versions that need mine. In this way a programmer is forced to keep maintaining his older version allthough he moves forward with the rest of the crowd. > Just use pkg_delete to remove it. If anything has it as a run-time > dependency (most unlikely) pkg_delete will complain and refuse to > remove it so you donät need to worry about breaking anything by > removing it. ok, thanks for your explanation. regards, Jos Chrispijn
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