On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen <tin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Kurt Jaeger <li...@opsec.eu> wrote: >> >> There's a PR that discusses this issue (ports that require >> their old version to be deinstalled before building the new version): >> >> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193371 >> > > Perhaps a note in /usr/ports/UPDATING would have been the right thing > to do here?
<soapbox> Or even better, using FreeBSD Foundation funds to sponsor work to make this automatic ... or even semi-automatic (to prompt the user with "This port is marked as requiring deinstallation prior to reinstallation. Would you like to do that now? (y/n)") </soapbox> Royce _______________________________________________ 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"
