Gnome port forcing Apache 2.0 on me during install

[Michael C. Shultz]

On Thursday 15 December 2005 11:45, Wes Santee wrote:
> Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> | On Thursday 15 December 2005 10:32, Wes Santee wrote:
> |>Greetings,
> |>
> |>I run Apache 1.3+ssl on a computer that I'm installing Gnome 2.12.2 via
> |>the meta-port in x11/gnome2.  As part of that install, it builds and
> |>installs www/gnome-user-share.  *That* port forces the www/apache20 port
> |>upon me.
> |>[snip]
> |
> | The only gnome port I can find that as that port as a dependency is
> | x11/gnome2-power-tools, not x11/gnome2.
> |
> | -Mike
>
> You're right.  Originally when I installed Gnome2, I used the
> gnome2-lite meta-port.  It lists other ports to install to get the more
> "full featured" Gnome.  After I while I removed the gnome2-lite port and
> installed the gnome2 full port since I was slowly adding the add-on
> ports it mentioned anyway.  I assumed the bits I had already added were
> part of the full port.
>
> Guess I can just delete the port and be done with it.  That solution
> doesn't really address the larger issue of a port that will toss your
> HTTP server out without so much as a how-do-you-do, but at least I can
> go back to my known configuration easily enough.
>
> Cheers,
> -Wes

Since apache seems very critical to you maybe adding 
IGNORE|www/apache*| to /usr/local/etc/portmanager/pm-020.conf
would be a good idea, it would stop surprises.

When you know you want to upgrade apache then comment out
that line and do a portmanager www/apache{version}, just a suggestion...

-Mike