Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 09:00:55 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade vs. multiple versions of packages Message-ID: <20030101080055.GH9744@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <3E126F2F.8030605@adam.com.au> References: <20021231154158.GA22986@fishballoon.dyndns.org> <3E126F2F.8030605@adam.com.au>
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On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 03:01:43PM +1030, 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? > > Do get confirmation of that rm command I listed, though. > # cd / # rm -rf * No problems anymore. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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