Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:40:15 -0800 From: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Portupgrade vs. multiple versions of packages Message-ID: <3E12712F.1000106@mac.com> References: <20021231154158.GA22986@fishballoon.dyndns.org> <3E126F2F.8030605@adam.com.au>
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Brian Astill wrote: > Scott Mitchell wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've just spent a fun day upgrading ~180 ports that were about a year out >> of date, which will teach me not to be so lazy in future :-( Anyway, >> portupgrade coped with most of this mess admirably, except for >> (unsurprisingly) the KDE2 --> KDE3 upgrade. >> > > That upgrade is a doozie. Been there, done that! > rm -fr qt2 is (I think) the correct thing to do (someone else on the > list will correct me). > Then port kde3. > > qt2 and qt3 will NOT live comfortably together. So delete qt2 and all > the apps dependent on it (that includes kde2 and its apps). > The kde3 port will look for the version of qt it needs, fail to find it, > and fetch it for you. Ain't that nice? > it would probably make sense to subscribe to the kde-freebsd list. I have learned a lot from just lurking and they work hard to make sure KDE stays up to date. http://lists.csociety.org/listinfo/kde-freebsd -- Paul Beard: seeking UNIX/internet engineering work <http://paulbeard.no-ip.org/paulbeard.html>; 8040 27th Ave NE Seattle WA 98115 / 206 529 8400 Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. -- Dave Barry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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