php4 install has conflicts

Noah admin2 at enabled.com
Wed Dec 15 12:19:46 PST 2004


> 
> I could be wrong about this, but I don't believe you need to 
> reinstall those ports. Just force delete all old versions of mod-
> php4 and then install the new version of php4 or mod-php4 (whichever 
> one you actually want). The other ports shouldn't need to be 
> reinstalled, because the new version of php installs to the same 
> location as the old version. Hence the ports that use it will just 
> use the new version automatically. You may also want to clean up the 
> duplicate gallery versions by using pkg_delete -f to remove both 
> versions and then install just the latest version of gallery.
> 
> To avoid this problem in the future, always use portupgrade to 
> upgrade your ports. That way you won't get multiple versions installed!
> 


also how do I upgrade and/or install php4?

--- snip ---

# portupgrade php4
** No such package 'php4' is installed.
# portinstall php4
** No such installed package nor such port called 'php4' is found.

--- snip ---

cheers,

Noah




> Cheers,
> -- 
> Ian Moore
> 
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