php4 install has conflicts

[Haulmark, Chris]

Someone broke the silence: 


> Okay, so I remove mod_php, huh - and then reinstall it?
> 
> take a look at this.  how do I handle all the packages that Need
> mod_php?  how do I do this cleanly?
> 
> --- snp ---
> 
> # pkg_delete mod_php4-4.3.5_7,1
> pkg_delete: package 'mod_php4-4.3.5_7,1' is required by these other
> packages and may not be deinstalled:
> gallery-1.4.4.2
> gallery-1.4.4.4
> php4-bz2-4.3.9_1
> php4-gettext-4.3.8_2
> php4-mysql-4.3.8_2
> php4-pcre-4.3.8_2
> php4-session-4.3.8_2
> phpMyAdmin-2.5.6_1
> phpMyAdmin-2.5.7.1
> phpbb-2.0.8_3
> squirrelmail-1.4.3a
> 
> 
> 


Use -f for pkg_delete when you want to delete a package without any worry about the dependencies. 

What I would do is:

pkg_delete -f mod_php4-4.3.5_7,1
portinstall mod_php4

Then you can be safe if you reinstall the rest of them with your previous reinstall method.

Chris