Dislike the way port conflicts are handled now

[Greg Larkin]

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Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> Greg Larkin píše v so 16. 01. 2010 v 13:58 -0500:
> 
>> That's exactly what I proposed.  The bsd.port.mk could be patched to
>> support a new variable ("EARLY_CONFLICT_CHECK=yes" or somesuch) that
>> shifts the check-conflict target from its old position (part of the
>> install sequence) to its new position (fetch?).
>>
>> The default behavior (no mods to /etc/make.conf) would revert to the old
>> conflict checking method.  This may be something for portmgr@ to chime
>> in on, and I'm cc'ing them now.  There could be other reasons for this
>> change that I'm unaware of.
> 
> What is the particular scenario that the new conflicts handling broke
> for you? Often you really want to ignore locally installed packages and
> then it's better to override LOCALBASE to /nonex or something similar,
> instead of disabling conflict handling...
> 

Hi Pav,

I'm not the one who posted the original message to the list, but I'm
participating in the conversation with some of the folks who expressed a
preference for checking conflicts later in the build process.

Here is the original post:
http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-questions@freebsd.org/msg227363.html

I thought portmgr might have some insight into additional reasons for
making the change, such as fixing a problem with pointyhat builds, etc.
 At the moment, I'm neutral on the change, since it hasn't caused me any
grief, but I did some research for the folks who posted the original
questions.

What do you think of adding an entry to UPDATING to note a change like
this in the build process?  For instance, I wasn't aware of the
LOCALBASE=/nonexistent idea that you mentioned, so the entry could
include that and some other tips.

Thank you,
Greg
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