On Wednesday 22 February 2012 15:27:09 Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2012-Feb-21 14:51:50 -0500, Steve Wills <swi...@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> Is it correct to use portmaster -o graphics/giflib graphics/libungif > > > >Looks OK to me. > > And then rebuild all ports that used libungif. > > >> And thew next question is I have in /var/db/pgs bot giflib and libingif. > >> How can I find whic one is installed, please? Or are both? > > > >They install files to the same place, overwriting each other. So whichever > >one was installed last would be the one that's really installed. > > It's not quite that simple. Both install include/gif_lib.h but the > associated libraries have different names. If you have both > installed, the most most recently installed will select which > include/gif_lib.h is used but the library used will depend on the > whims of the port's configuration tools. > > >is they're very similar, so it didn't cause problems. Nevertheless, it's > >still a bad idea for them both to be installed, hence the addition of the > >conflict between them. > > It's very unfortunate that the ports depending on libungif weren't all > cleaned up before the conflict was added. The current situation is a > mess and, for many people, requires manual intervention to make the > ports system work.
I did use portmaster -o and looks like it works for now without problems... Mitja -------- http://jpgmag.com/people/lumiwa _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"