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Date:      Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:31:34 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>
Cc:        Oliver Iberien <oliver-forward@charter.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: openoffice package install fails on gamin dependency - KDE needs fam
Message-ID:  <20060321023134.GA83321@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <441F616F.90807@ywave.com>
References:  <200603201549.14799.oliver-forward@charter.net> <441F616F.90807@ywave.com>

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On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 06:14:07PM -0800, Micah wrote:
> Oliver Iberien wrote:
> >I'm trying to install the package of OpenOffice 2.0:
> >
> >bsd# pkg_add /home/oliver/OOo_SRC680_m156_FreeBSD60Intel_install_en-US.t=
bz
> >pkg_add: could not find package gamin-0.1.7_1 !
> >
> >Unfortunately:
> >
> >=3D=3D=3D>  gamin-0.1.7_2 conflicts with installed package(s):
> >      fam-2.6.9_6
> >
> >      They install files into the same place.
> >      Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
> >*** Error code 1
> >
> >Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gamin.
> >*** Error code 1
> >
> >Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gamin.
> >bsd# pkg_delete fam-2.6.9_6
> >pkg_delete: package 'fam-2.6.9_6' is required by these other packages
> >and may not be deinstalled:
> >dasher-3.2.15
> >eel-2.10.1_1
> >fileroller-2.10.4,1
> >gdm-2.8.0.1
> >gnome-menus-2.10.2_1
> >gnomedesktop-2.10.2
> >gnomegames2-2.10.2
> >gnomemedia2-2.10.2
> >gnomevfs2-2.10.1
> >gnomevfs2-2.12.2_2
> >gstreamer-plugins-gnomevfs-0.8.10_1
> >gtkhtml3-3.6.2
> >k3b-0.12.11
> >kde-3.5.1
> >
> >...and many more. I do not wish to lose KDE. The problem seems to be=20
> >documented:
> >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D92592
> >
> >But I cannot find a workaround that works with the package.=20
> >
> >A person from the FreeBSD KDE project posted here:
> >http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ports/56219
> >
> >for use with the portupgrade system, and the same thread:
> >http://freebsd.kde.org/pipermail/kde-freebsd/2006-February/012137.html
> >
> >has something to be spliced in to pkgtools.conf. I put it in, but no joy.
> >
> >Is there some way to do this without having to download and install the=
=20
> >very, very large ports version? And even if I download it, will it insta=
ll?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Oliver
>=20
> Gamin and Fam are "interchangeable" in that they do the same thing.=20
> Gamin is supposed to be the next generation replacement for fam, but=20
> some have said that gamin is not yet ready for production.... You should=
=20
> set WITH_FAM_SYSTEM=3D either gamin or fam in your make.conf depending on=
=20
> which you decide to permanently use.
>=20
> If you decide to switch to gamin, pkg_delete fam, then install gamin.=20
> Run pkgdb -F to change the dependency from fam to gamin on all the ports=
=20
> you listed above.  Or just rebuild all the ports that you listed above.
>=20
> Or if you decide to stick with fam, see if you can force the install of=
=20
> the openoffice package despite the gamin dependency.  Then run pkgdb -F=
=20
> and point openoffice's gamin dependency to fam.

Unfortunately they are not yet inter-compatible, and e.g. courier-imap
will crash when run with gamin.  I don't know what other problems
exist - I guess it might be worth a try forcing it, before recompiling
one or the other.

Kris

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