Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:41:37 +0200 From: Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: imake 1.0 vs. 4.3.0 Message-ID: <20030413164137.GA427@gicco.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <16025.29187.398575.236430@guru.mired.org> References: <20030412214156.GA72155@gicco.homeip.net> <20030412225822.GA89415@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030413075730.GA56425@gicco.homeip.net> <16025.29187.398575.236430@guru.mired.org>
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On Apr 13 at 09:19, Mike Meyer spoke: > In <20030413075730.GA56425@gicco.homeip.net>, Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> typed: > > On Apr 12 at 15:58, Kris Kennaway spoke: > > > imake is for XFree86 3.x. You have to remove it before you can > > > install 4.x > > Are conflicting ports not handled by the ports system? > > They aren't detected by the ports system, and it will let you install > ports that overwrite parts of other ports or the system. Hm. That is it can be a game of luck installing a new port... > > How can one know whether there are conflicts with other ports? > > Usually because the names are similar. But some port get implicitly installed. So it's difficult to notice. > I'm not sure where Kris got the idea that imake couldn't coexist with > XFree86 4. I've got imake 4.3.0 installed as well as XFree86 4.3, and > haven't had any problems. He probably meant that imake 1.0 shouldn't coexist with imake 4.3. But imake 4.3 and XFree86 4.3 shouldn't be a problem. -Hanspeter
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