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Date:      Sat, 6 Apr 2019 15:18:09 +0100
From:      Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to use @preexec to test for installed packages
Message-ID:  <20190406151809.0eef6e41@raksha.tavi.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <16553fab-03af-9942-93e2-7ebb116487a9@fechner.net>
References:  <16553fab-03af-9942-93e2-7ebb116487a9@fechner.net>

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On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 15:58:48 +0200
Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> as pkg cannot handle CONFLICTS_INSTALL I tried now to implement this
> as a preinstall command using @preexec in pkg-plist.
> 
> The command should check if a package is installed and stop the
> installation or continue if the package is not installed.
> 
> I tried it with the following command:
> @preexec `/usr/sbin/pkg -N info -e gogs`; if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo
> "Gitlab cannot be installed together with gogs as both of them modify
> .ssh/authorized_keys" && exit 1; else echo "Gogs not installed,
> continue."; fi
> 
> But it does not work.
> Now matter if gogs is installed or not.
> If I execute the same line in a shell script, it works fine.
> 
> Anyone an idea?

I think you'll find it has to be ONE command. So use && instead of the
first semicolon.



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