Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:35:48 +0100 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> Cc: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnome <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Failure building x11-fonts/fontconfig [LONG] - now shortened Message-ID: <20030306133548.GE211@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <1046957582.998.19.camel@ds9.webonaut.com> References: <41686EB8-4FCA-11D7-A623-000393496BE8@lassitu.de> <1046953533.651.89.camel@ds9.webonaut.com> <20030306130125.GB211@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <1046956191.626.5.camel@ds9.webonaut.com> <20030306131312.GC211@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <1046957582.998.19.camel@ds9.webonaut.com>
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--47eKBCiAZYFK5l32 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 02:33:02PM +0100, Franz Klammer wrote: > ok! i understand. now - after i read you answer - i can remember > that i've seen something about restoring +REQUIRED_BY :-) >=20 > but on thing won't go into my mind: >=20 > what happens with the outdated files. e.g.: >=20 > port-1.0 installs file.ext > port-1.1 didn't install file.ext >=20 > if i only delete the old directories from /var/db/pkg file.ext will not > be removed an may cause further problems. >=20 > what if this not only a file instead a directory: >=20 > port-1.0 install includes into /usr/local/include/ > port-1.1 changes to /usr/local/include/port1 >=20 > configure will in most cases first find the headers in include. >=20 > if i only delete the directory port-1.0 the > files will never be removed. i saw such problems > serval times since i'm list-member of gnome@. You're absolutely right, I forgot about that case. So your method is better -- delete everything (usually with -f) and then reinstall, afterwards fixing +REQUIRED_BY. Thanks for pointing this out. --Stijn --=20 I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a k= nob called `brightness', but it doesn't work." -- Gallagher --47eKBCiAZYFK5l32 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+Z060Y3r/tLQmfWcRAqn9AJ9WQmshNg3JDADsC+PFQhAv9me29ACggMi8 GOkzdJpaByBzlswSpsw3uQw= =oeSj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --47eKBCiAZYFK5l32-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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