Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:32:54 +0100 From: Ben Laurie <ben@links.org> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: texinfo vs. emacs... Message-ID: <CAG5KPzxJW8nPFiVvuEt0EUOPMUAk=ATY20Oud=JWxPE4s2%2B5rg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51C46978.2010102@freebsd.org> References: <CAG5KPzy_1hfJ101KrSufxvg_wdv%2B%2Bjo4iyEw%2BJo37TTjXgM0kg@mail.gmail.com> <51C46978.2010102@freebsd.org>
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On 21 June 2013 15:55, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 21/06/2013 14:34, Ben Laurie wrote:
>> Installing texinfo-5.1.20130419_1...pkg-static: texinfo-5.1.20130419_1
>> conflicts with emacs-24.3,3 (installs files into the same place).
>> Problematic file: /usr/local/info/info.info.gz
>>
>> There doesn't seem to be any clean way to fix this ... hints?
>
> Add
>
> PERMISSIVE : yes
>
> to ${LOCALBASE}/etc/pkg.conf
>
> It's not really clean in that it just allows packages to stomp over each
> other's files, but it lets you get the job done.
>
> The conflict you're seeing is a bug somewhere between those two
> packages. One or other of them should probably be patched to rename the
> offending file. Please raise a PR so that at least gets onto the radar
> of the package maintainers.
Will do - where's the RT?
Also, is there an env flag that does the same thing?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matthew
>
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