How to Reinstate gamin-0.1.5_2 Dependency

Bob Perry rperry at gti.net
Wed Feb 1 19:07:22 PST 2006


Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 00:44 -0500, Bob Perry wrote:
>> On Tue January 31 2006 11:58 pm, you wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 23:10 -0500, Bob Perry wrote:
>>>> I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 and recently cvsup'd my system  and followed that
>>>> with portupgrade.  I subsequently ran pkgdb -Fu and was asked if
>>>> gamin-0.1.5_2 was a stale dependency for gnomevfs2-2.12.2_1 and
>>>> inadvertently responded yes.  I attempted to reinstall gamin-0.1.5_2 and
>>>> received a message stating that it was in conflict with fam-2.6.9_6 which
>>>> I found was required by
>>>> firefox-1.5_5,1.  The message also indicated that I should delete
>>>> fam-2.6.9_6 and then I could complete installation of gamin-0.1.5_2  so I
>>>> did.  I ran pkgdb -Fu again and replaced fam-2.6.9_6 with gamin-0.1.5_2
>>>> as a dependency of firefox.  I expected to see a similar prompt
>>>> requesting me to make gamin-0.1.5_2 a dependency of gnomevfs2-2.12.2_1
>>>> but did not.
>>>>
>>>> Both, gamin-0.1.5_2 and fam-2.6.9_6 seem to fulfill the same function of
>>>> monitoring file alterations (?). I don't fully understand the purpose but
>>>> my question is how do I return gamin-0.1.5_2 as a dependent of
>>>> gnomevfs2-2.12.2_1 and was I correct in making it a dependent of firefox?
>>> You can only have one installed.  The following command will replace fam
>>> with gamin:
>>>
>>> portupgrade -o devel/gamin -f fam
>> I already removed fam when I installed gamin so this command doesn't recognize 
>> fam.  However, it seems as though I need to do more than simply change 
>> dependency via pkgdb -Fu.  For instance, gamin is now a dependency of firefox 
>> because I change  it with the pkgdb -Fu command.  If I understand your 
>> command, I really need to run portupgrade on firefox to make the change 
>> whole.  Correct?
> 
> No, just run pkgdb -Ff, and select gamin if it asks about fam.
> 
> Joe
> 
Thanks Joe,
I ran pkgdb -Ff and there was no output or prompts.  However, when I ran 
  the pkg_info -rR gnomevfs2-2.12.2_1 command, gamin did not appear.  As 
far as I knew it was still a dependency of gnomevfs2.  Did I miss a step?

Bob


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