Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 13:35:56 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Julio Merino <juli@merino.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade and XFree86-4 Message-ID: <20011225133556.A31096@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20011225121113.A33958@klamath.local>; from juli@merino.net on Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 12:11:13PM %2B0100 References: <20011225121113.A33958@klamath.local>
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in message <20011225121113.A33958@klamath.local>, wrote Julio Merino thusly... > > But there is something that annoys me. Everytime I do a portinstall > of a port that depends on X, it registers dependancies to imake and > XFree86-4-libraries. Then, I've to run 'pkgdb -F' to correct these > dependancies by hand, and I make them to point to XFree86-4. > > Is it there any way to do this automagically? i also have installed the XFree86-4 port. i "solved" the same problem by making symlinks from XFree86-4 to -libraries and imake and anything else that would require XFree86-*. so, now if/when i run 'pkgdb -F', i am asked if i want to "remove any of them" due to "duplicate origin" ... to which i say "no". other solution my be to install individual XFree86 ports. there was a thread on some list about creation of XFree86-4 metaport (which would install individual pieces instead of one big port as it is now). - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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