Packages with older dependencies

[Trey Sizemore]

I'm attempting to install gaim-0.73 on my 5.2 RC-1 system.  However, it's
got some older dependency requirements such as:

desk# pkg_add -r gaim
Fetching
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-current/Latest/gaim.tbz...
Done.
Fetching
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-current/All/libao-0.8.4_1.tbz...
Done.
Fetching
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-current/All/gtkspell2-2.0.4.tbz...
Done.
pkg_add: warning: package 'gtkspell2-2.0.4' requires 'png-1.2.5_2', but
'png-1.2.5_3' is installed
pkg_add: warning: package 'gtkspell2-2.0.4' requires 'tiff-3.6.0', but
'tiff-3.6.0_1' is installed
pkg_add: warning: package 'gtkspell2-2.0.4' requires 'imake-4.3.0_1', but
'imake-4.3.0_2' is installed
pkg_add: warning: package 'gaim-0.73' requires 'png-1.2.5_2', but
'png-1.2.5_3' is installed
pkg_add: warning: package 'gaim-0.73' requires 'libaudiofile-0.2.4', but
'libaudiofile-0.2.5' is installed
pkg_add: warning: package 'gaim-0.73' requires 'tiff-3.6.0', but
'tiff-3.6.0_1' is installed
pkg_add: warning: package 'gaim-0.73' requires 'imake-4.3.0_1', but
'imake-4.3.0_2' is installed


I assume i can force the install with the -f flag, but I wanted to know
if there are any ramifications to doing this on future updates or to
future program installs?  What is the easiest way to install gaim (or any
program for that matter) when a situation such as this arises?  What
would have happened if I attemted the install via ports instead?

Thanks and Happy Holidays!
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  Trey Sizemore
  trey at fastmail.fm