On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:39:58 -0800 "Ron (Lists)" <rg.li...@rzweb.com> wrote:
> ===> Checking if devel/libltdl already installed > ===> libltdl-2.2.10 is already installed > 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/libltdl > without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER" > in your environment or the "make install" command line. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libltdl. > > ok, so libltdl-2.2.10 is already installed? Why is that an issue? > Why doesn't portmaster just happily skip it since it's already > installed? What am I not understanding here? Or am I using > portmaster wrong? When a port gets built, the ports system looks for and installs any missing dependencies. As several different ports may satisfy a dependency the ports system looks for the functionality, a key executable, library etc, rather than a specific installed package. The error you see can occur when the port thinks it need to install a missing dependency port, but that install fails due to an existing entry in /var/db/pkg. This happens either because the appropriate files are missing or the port is looking for the wrong thing in the first place. It may be due to a mistake by the port maintainer or, more likely, a failure to deal with UPDATING entries correctly. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
