Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:37:16 +0100 From: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> To: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Annoying ports problem Message-ID: <42159B2C.3000000@ant.uni-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <d9175cad05021715128228c00@mail.gmail.com> References: <421467C0.9060801@ant.uni-bremen.de> <d9175cad05021715128228c00@mail.gmail.com>
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Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:45:36 +0100, Heinrich Rebehn > <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> wrote: > >>Hi list, >> >>I have run into an annoying problem several times when upgrading ports. >> >>Say, if i want to upgrade gstreamer-plugins, i do: >> >># cd /usr/ports/multimedia/gstreamer-plugins >># make >> >>This pulls in some dependencies, for example gnomevfs2. gnnomevfs2 will >>compile fine, but then stops because it wants to install gnomevfs2 >>instead of reinstalling it: >> >>===> An older version of devel/gnomevfs2 is already installed >>(gnomevfs2-2.9.91) >> You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again >> by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly. >> If you really wish to overwrite the old port of devel/gnomevfs2 >> without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER" >> in your environment or the "make install" command line. >>*** Error code 1 >> >>Since i have run into this several times, i must be missing something >>substantial. What is it? > > > Just "make" will make the program and try to install it as if it were > the first time. When it detects the older version, it will want you > to do "make deinstall && make reinstall". For upgrading ports, you > may want to look at /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade. > > It makes no difference wether i use "make" or "portupgrade". As soon as ether of them decide that another package that the make candidate depends on, has to be upgraded, the error occurs with that package. -- Heinrich Rebehn University of Bremen Physics / Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Department of Telecommunications - Phone : +49/421/218-4664 Fax : -3341
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