portmaster or ports (packaging) problem ?

[uki]

But theese are different packages (different names). since ports dont have
any equivalent of debian "provides" flag it is impossible to figure it out
in a safe way.
09-11-2012 19:19, "jb" <jb.1234abcd at gmail.com> napisał(a):

> Hi,
> I hit a problem today during a system update.
>
> There were two libxul ports:
> /usr/ports/www/libxul
> /usr/ports/www/libxul19
> of which the last one was installed:
> /var/db/pkg/libxul-1.9.2.28_1/
>
> There was a port to update which died on error:
> # portmaster icedtea-web
> ...
> ===>>> The dependency for www/libxul
>        seems to be handled by libxul-1.9.2.28_1
> ...
> ===>   Found libxul-1.9.2.28_1, but you need to upgrade to libxul>=10.
> *** [build-depends] Error code 1
> ...
> #
>
> So, I had to manually deinstall www/libxul19 and install www/libxul and try
> again.
>
> # portmaster icedtea-web
> ...
> ===>>> The following actions will be taken if you choose to proceed:
>         Upgrade icedtea-web-1.3_1 to icedtea-web-1.3.1
>         Install www/libxul
> ...
> #
>
> Is the portmaster to blame for not being smart enough and not taking steps
> of deinstalling www/libxul19 and installing www/libxul in one step ?
> jb
>
>
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