Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:35:42 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Alagarsamy <alagar@yahoo-inc.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package A should replace Package B Message-ID: <20070409153542.GA30917@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <461A0E98.2030003@yahoo-inc.com> References: <461A0E98.2030003@yahoo-inc.com>
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--PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 03:29:52PM +0530, Alagarsamy wrote: >=20 > I had package A and package B. Package A does all the functions of=20 > Package B and some more functions. So installing package A should=20 > replace package B. So i need to have a 'REPLACES' like directive in=20 > Makefile of Package A which says "package A should replace package B".=20 > currently I can't find 'REPLACES' directive. Is there any otherway we=20 > can achieve this ? Not really, we only have support for this when one package is removed from the tree and merged into another package (/usr/ports/MOVED). Kris --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGGl1OWry0BWjoQKURApXCAKCI4hPrbLPSIPIisf3aWjNixq6/0ACdHQo+ mD3CVHp2qWxIC1mk/lkDhQk= =QyNi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9--
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