science/paraview, french/aster require different hdf5 versions, install in the same place

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith]

On 07/19/2011 09:40 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> I didn't get a reply from the maintainers, so post here.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Anton Shterenlikht<mexas at bristol.ac.uk>  -----
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:13:26 +0100
> From: Anton Shterenlikht<mexas at bristol.ac.uk>
> To: thierry at FreeBSD.org, devel at stasyan.com
> Subject: science/paraview, french/aster require different hdf5 versions, install in the same place
>
> I'm trying to build french/aster:
>
> ===>    fr-aster-10.3.0.3_2 depends on shared library: hdf5.6 - not found
> ===>     Verifying install for hdf5.6 in /usr/ports/science/hdf5-18
>
> ===>   hdf5-1.8.6 conflicts with installed package(s):
>        hdf5-1.6.9_1
>
>        They install files into the same place.
>        You may want to stop build with Ctrl + C.
>
> % pkg_info -xR hdf
> Information for hdf5-1.6.9_1:
>
> Required by:
> paraview-3.10.0

I agree it is annoying that there are two versions of hdf5.

> What is the best way around this?
> Shall I try to rebuild paraview also with science/hdf5-18?

That is what I would do.  I have tried it with other programs, and it 
seemed to work.