Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 18:07:15 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> Subject: Re: How to set CONFLICTS properly? Message-ID: <20050504010714.GA85859@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050504010128.GN1175@k7.mavetju> References: <Pine.BSF.4.62.0505040238130.76590@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> <20050504010128.GN1175@k7.mavetju>
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On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 11:01:28AM +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 02:43:27AM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> > The current definition of CONFLICTS in Mk/bsd.ports.mk reads:
> >=20
> > # CONFLICTS - A list of package name patterns that the port conflicts=
with.
> > # It's possible to use any shell meta-characters for patt=
ern
> > # matching.
> > # E.g. apache*-1.2* apache*-1.3.[012345] apache-*+ssl_*
> >=20
> > However, CONFLICTS=3D {gcc-3.3.*,gcc-4.1.*}* fails to detect an install=
ed=20
> > gcc-3.3.6_20050427 port, whereas `ls $PKG_DBDIR/gcc-{3.3.*,4.1.*}` does
> > indeed find the directory in the database.
> >=20
> > Why doesn't that CONFLICTS statement work?
>=20
> I found something funny today:
>=20
> PREFIX=3D ${LOCALBASE}
> CONFLICTS=3D gcc-3.4* gcc-4.1*
> vs
> PREFIX=3D ${X11BASE}
> CONFLICTS=3D gcc-3.4* gcc-4.1*
>=20
> Maybe that is also what happens in your case?
CONFLICTS is supposed to register *installation* conflicts, i.e. two
ports that stomp each others files. Thus, if the port is installed
into a different PREFIX than the installed port (which would stomp
files when both PREFIXes are equal), it will not actually conflict.
Kris
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