you have to uninstall the old version of linux_base that you have. if you don't know how to do that, you can always:
install /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade then, do: portupgrade -o emulators/linux_base linux_base-\* that should take care of that. -Adam >> (07.23.2002 @ 2024 PST): Eric Dedrick said, in 1.4K: << > > i hope you have a semi-recent ports tree, because you need > > linux_base-7.1. > > installing linux_base 7.1 from the ports gives me the following error. > Advice? Thanks. > > --- > > (several screen fulls of the same type of stuff)... > file /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/US/Eastern from install of > glibc-common-2.2.2-10 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.1.2-11 > file /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/US/Hawaii from install of > glibc-common-2.2.2-10 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.1.2-11 > file /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/US/Indiana-Starke from install of > glibc-common-2.2.2-10 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.1.2-11 > file /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/US/Michigan from install of > glibc-common-2.2.2-10 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.1.2-11 > file /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/US/Mountain from install of > glibc-common-2.2.2-10 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.1.2-11 > file /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/US/Pacific from install of > glibc-common-2.2.2-10 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.1.2-11 > file /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/W-SU from install of glibc-common-2.2.2-10 > conflicts with file from package glibc-2.1.2-11 > file /usr/bin/catchsegv from install of glibc-common-2.2.2-10 conflicts > with file from package glibc-2.1.2-11 > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> end of "Re: linux compatability broken?" from Eric Dedrick << -- "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" Adam Weinberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vectors.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message