Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:56:26 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports UPDATING Message-ID: <4E0D99CA.50202@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <4E0D3D59.40800@FreeBSD.org> References: <201106302103.p5UL3heP028971@repoman.freebsd.org> <4E0D3D59.40800@FreeBSD.org>
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On 01/07/2011 05:22, Doug Barton wrote: > On 06/30/2011 14:03, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: >> stephen 2011-06-30 21:03:43 UTC >> >> FreeBSD ports repository >> >> Modified files: >> . UPDATING >> Log: >> - Tell octave-forge* users to completely remove old ports before >> reinstalling. > > This is not the first time this issue (ports doing the wrong thing if > you try to build them while they are installed) has come up, and I've > been thinking ... do we need something like a NO_REINSTALL flag that can > be added to a port's Makefile to indicate the problem? ... I think kdelibs3 has taken care of this by conflicting with itself. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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