Eric Kjeldergaard wrote:
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:45:36 +0100, Heinrich Rebehn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi list,
I have run into an annoying problem several times when upgrading ports.
Say, if i want to upgrade gstreamer-plugins, i do:
# cd /usr/ports/multimedia/gstreamer-plugins
# make
This pulls in some dependencies, for example gnomevfs2. gnnomevfs2 will
compile fine, but then stops because it wants to install gnomevfs2
instead of reinstalling it:
===> An older version of devel/gnomevfs2 is already installed
(gnomevfs2-2.9.91)
You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.
If you really wish to overwrite the old port of devel/gnomevfs2
without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
in your environment or the "make install" command line.
*** Error code 1
Since i have run into this several times, i must be missing something
substantial. What is it?
Just "make" will make the program and try to install it as if it were
the first time. When it detects the older version, it will want you
to do "make deinstall && make reinstall". For upgrading ports, you
may want to look at /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade.
It makes no difference wether i use "make" or "portupgrade". As soon as
ether of them decide that another package that the make candidate
depends on, has to be upgraded, the error occurs with that package.
--
Heinrich Rebehn
University of Bremen
Physics / Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Department of Telecommunications -
Phone : +49/421/218-4664
Fax : -3341
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