pkg_add and me

[parv]

in message <a06002001bc1abef18f33@[10.0.0.10]>,
wrote Mauricio thusly...
>
> daffy# pkg_add libiconv-1.9.1_3.tgz
> pkg_add: package 'libiconv-1.9.1_3' or its older version already
> installed
> daffy#
> 
> Ok then, I force it to be installed (-f option).  All I get in the end
> is *two* entries of libiconv according to pkg_info:
> 
> daffy# pkg_info
> [...]
> libiconv-1.8_2      A character set conversion library
> libiconv-1.9.1_3    A character set conversion library
> 
> Why can't it put the latest version in place of the older one?

Then it would be too easy to keep things simple...


> I even tried to uninstall the old one first:
> 
> daffy# pkg_delete libiconv-1.8_2
> pkg_delete: package 'libiconv-1.8_2' is required by these other packages
> and may not be deinstalled:
> gettext-0.11.5_1

Ah, you forgot to force the deletion unlike addition.

Try this...

 #  Delete both versions.  If doesn't work delete one by one; it has
 #  been a while since i had to deinstall two versions.
 pkg_delete -d -f libiconv

 #  Should work w/ the force.  Force  may be needed if newer versions of
 #  dependent software are missing, but older versions would still work
 #  w/ the port being installed.
 pkg_add -f <path to libiconv>

 #  Readjust the dependencies (provided by portupgrade port)
 pkgdb -F


  - Parv

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