Re: how do you force make install to overwrite conflicting files from another port?

On 06/03/16 10:53, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Patrick Powell writes: Suppose that you have a portA which is a dependency of a lot of other ports. You also have a portB which is a replacement/update/upgrade for portA. PortB provides replacements for the executables

Re: how do you force make install to overwrite conflicting files from another port?

Patrick Powell writes: > Suppose that you have a portA which is a dependency of a lot of other ports. > > You also have a portB which is a replacement/update/upgrade for portA. > > PortB provides replacements for the executables generated/supplied by > PortA but for various

Re: how do you force make install to overwrite conflicting files from another port?

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Patrick Powell wrote: > Suppose that you have a portA which is a dependency of a lot of other > ports. > > You also have a portB which is a replacement/update/upgrade for portA. > > PortB provides replacements for the executables

how do you force make install to overwrite conflicting files from another port?

Suppose that you have a portA which is a dependency of a lot of other ports. You also have a portB which is a replacement/update/upgrade for portA. PortB provides replacements for the executables generated/supplied by PortA but for various reasons you still want to use some of PortA installed