question on the firefox port...

[Evgeny Solovyov]

$ make -DFORCE_PKG_REGISTER install clean

or

$ make FORCE_PKG_REGISTER="YES" install clean

will set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER" to YES

mojo fms wrote:
> I am having an odd problem on the firefox port. This is a fresh
> install of Freebsd 6 and basicly what its doing ...
> 
> ===>   Generating temporary packing list
> ===>  Checking if www/firefox already installed
> ===>   firefox-1.5_5,1 is already installed
>       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 www/firefox
>       without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
>       in your environment or the "make install" command line.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/www/firefox.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/www/firefox.
> 
> I have tried, make deinstall ; make reinstall same error. I am not
> sure of what i should set FORCE_PKG_REGISTER to but i tried, YES,
> www/firefox and NO for the settings on it. Running it like this :
> FORCE_PKG_REGISTER="NO" make reinstall  ... i did this on make
> reinstall and make install and nothing still..
> 
> 
> make deinstall ...
> 
> root@# make deinstall
> ===>  Deinstalling for www/firefox
> ===>   firefox not installed, skipping
> root@#
> 
> any suggestions please.
> 
> Thanks
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