How to Reinstate gamin-0.1.5_2 Dependency

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

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

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