newbie ports question
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Thu Oct 13 11:21:14 PDT 2005
Andrew P. writes:
> > ===> Installing for glib-2.6.6
> > ===> glib-2.6.6 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.7 - found
> > ===> glib-2.6.6 depends on executable: pkg-config - found
> > ===> glib-2.6.6 depends on shared library: intl - found
> > ===> Generating temporary packing list
> > ===> Checking if devel/glib20 already installed
> > ===> An older version of devel/glib20 is already installed
> > (glib-2.8.3)
> > You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
> > by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.
> > If you really wish to overwrite the old port of devel/glib20
> > without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
> > in your environment or the "make install" command line.
>
> I'd start with installing portupgrade, and trying to
> portupgrade -arR. I'm sure there's another solution,
> though.
Installing (and using) portupgrade is a good idea;
unfortunately, it will not stop you from getting bit by this problem
occasionally.
My quick fix:
pd /usr/ports/devel/glib20
make deinstall
make install
<assuming in stall finished correctly> make distclean
popd
(Assumes *csh as the shell.)
Robert Huff
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