devel/libevent shopstopper

[Kevin Golding]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 16:54:37 -0000, The Doctor <doctor at doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>  
wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 04:22:03PM -0000, Kevin Golding wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 16:11:09 -0000, The Doctor  
>> <doctor at doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
>> wrote:

>> > pkg-static: libevent-2.1.8 conflicts with libevent2-2.1.8 (installs
>> > files into the same place).  Problematic file:

>> devel/libevent2 has been replaced with devel/libevent
>
> Yes, we know!!
>
> Does that fix the above issue?

Yes, the conflicts message tells you that you're trying to install  
devel/libevent when you already have devel/libevent2 installed. Since  
they're both version 2.1.8 you're installing two copies of the same thing  
so the conflict is logical.