[CFT] TexLive port

[Doug Barton]

On 08/20/2012 01:23, Dominic Fandrey wrote:
> I have run into problems with portmaster. The problem is that it doesn't
> check whether a dependency is satisfied. It just goes ahead and installs
> them.
> 
> I think a dependency like:
>     latex:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base
> 
> shouldn't cause portmaster to install teTeX-base. Not if a latex
> binary is already available.

Portmaster doesn't handle dependencies that way, it relies on the port
authors to register CONFLICTS. If you have installed a port that
installs a latex binary it and teTeX-base should have CONFLICTS
registered against each other.

Doug

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