Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:44:06 -0500 From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@democrats.com> To: Michael Sharp <ms@probsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD-ports <FreeBSD-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: port upgrading problems.... Message-ID: <3F1718A6.7060102@democrats.com> References: <3F170923.5080502@democrats.com> <3490.192.168.1.4.1058474516.squirrel@probsd.org>
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Doing that now...thanks portupgrade -R XFree86-4.2.0_1,1 Michael Sharp wrote: >use portupgrade: portupgrade -R 4.3.x > > > > >>I am having a problem building the upgraded versions of XF86-4 and KDE >> >>The problem is that it sees my XF86-4.2.x files and says that 4.3.x is >>already installed. >> >>Same for the KDE-3.1.2 upgrade from KDE-3.0.x >> >>How can I force these builds to proceed, while retaining my current >>versions at least until I'm ready to install the new versions after they >>are built? >> >>Apparently, the ports makefiles are not checking version numbers, but >>only the existance of files that seem to be common between versions. >> >> >> jim -- "Religious fundamentalism is the biggest threat to international security that exists today." United Nations Secretary General B.B.Ghali, 1995 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Fascist State organizes the nation, but leaves a sufficient margin of liberty to the individual; the latter is deprived of all useless and possibly harmful freedom..." -- Benito Mussilini, 1932 http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/patriot2-hi.pdf -- The GOP agrees
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