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Date:      Sat, 9 Jun 2012 11:48:17 +0000
From:      Max Brazhnikov <makc@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        "Christopher J. Ruwe" <cjr@cruwe.de>
Subject:   Re: math/ess CONFLICTS with devel/noweb, help with CONFLICTS= needed
Message-ID:  <201206091148.17668.makc@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <4FD268B5.4050103@infracaninophile.co.uk>
References:  <20120608204143.5a1d780a@dijkstra.cruwe.de> <4FD268B5.4050103@infracaninophile.co.uk>

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On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:03:49 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> However, plain CONFLICTS is the popular choice for Makefiles, as it
> takes effect before you waste too much time building a package you can't
> install.
>
> In principle, CONFLICTS_INSTALL is frequently going to be the more
> "correct" choice.  In practice, it seems to be up to the port maintainer
> to choose which to specify, and most just use plain CONFLICTS.

CONFLICTS_INSTALL/BUILD are relatively new, that's why they are less spread than plain CONFLICTS.

Max



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