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Date:      Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:01:33 +0000
From:      Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "portmaster -o" behaves a little strangely (IMHO)
Message-ID:  <CADLo839Gay=psgysBF7hx0REQC82VyDZdKOmdotMPXL75Q98Kw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4F1F153A.50004@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20120124081905.5f497763@cox.net> <4F1F153A.50004@FreeBSD.org>

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On 24 January 2012 20:31, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 01/24/2012 06:19, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
>> =3D=3D=3D>>> Gathering dependency list for lang/gcc46 from ports
>> =3D=3D=3D>>> Launching child to update gcc-4.4.7.20111108 to
>> gcc-4.4.7.20120117
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 lang/gcc46 >> gcc-4.4.7.20111108
>>
>> (What is the preceding line -- with the ">>" -- and the similar one
>> below, supposed to be indicating exactly? =A0If it means what I think it
>> does, then it seems as if portmaster is misinterpreting the intention
>> of the "-o" option)
>
> No, it means that the ports framework is seeing 4.4 as a dependency of
> 4.6 for some reason. I've seen that happen in the past when non-base gcc
> was in use, but have never had anyone track down the cause
> authoritatively. Obviously make.conf is a suspect, but I'm assuming you
> already looked there.

Often happens when people stick USE_something into make.conf :)

(don't do that)

Chris



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