Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 13:31:27 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: AlanE <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-toolkits/open-motif Makefile Message-ID: <20020919203127.GB81864@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020919175625.GB67317@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> References: <20020917194943.GA84124@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20020917170136.H1867-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <20020917212745.GA14318@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20020919175625.GB67317@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 01:56:26PM -0400, AlanE wrote: > On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 02:27:45PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > >On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 05:02:16PM -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > >> On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Steve Kargl wrote: > >> > This port has been broken since the upgrade to version 2.2.2. > >> > Please back out the upgrade or fix it. > >> > >> It conflicts with installed header files. > >> > > > >Yes, I know. I have open-motif-2.1.30_2 installed. > >I have several packages linked against this version > >of open-motif. Now, I want to install a new port, > >say, xmcd. Xmcd tries to install the newer open-motif > >even though I have a perfectly fine open-motif-2.1.30_2. > > > >I was instructed by alane to delete my old version > >of open-motif and then install the new version. This > >also means I need to delete a boat load of other ports > >and re-install those as well. > > What would ever give you that idea? Just install it with "portupgrade > -fN x11-toolkits/open-motif", and run "pkgdb -F" to fix up the > dependencies. That's all. portupgrade is not a base system utility, so you should not expect everyone to use it. > You either don't understand how ports works (which is nothing to be > ashamed of, since it's damn complicated) or you're just missing the > obvious. Either way, don't worry about it, the port is fixed. I understand how ports work. I also understand that Motif is a big complicate (and in the past buggy) library. Even though the release notes indicate that API did not change, this doesn't mean that an internal routine wasn't changed for the worst. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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