On 08/20/2012 01:23, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > I have run into problems with portmaster. The problem is that it doesn't > check whether a dependency is satisfied. It just goes ahead and installs > them. > > I think a dependency like: > latex:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base > > shouldn't cause portmaster to install teTeX-base. Not if a latex > binary is already available.
Portmaster doesn't handle dependencies that way, it relies on the port authors to register CONFLICTS. If you have installed a port that installs a latex binary it and teTeX-base should have CONFLICTS registered against each other. Doug -- I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. -- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909) _______________________________________________ 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"