On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:37:32 +0000 Arthur Chance <free...@qeng-ho.org> wrote:
> On 03/04/11 17:36, Ed Flecko wrote: > > Thanks Aurthur. > > > > :-) > > > > It's funny...I DID what it asks and it still didn't work (make > > deinstall, etc.). > ... > > Apparently, I installed it from a package, so I did a pkg_delete > > automake and then started my portmaster -a again and it seems to be > > running fine. > > Ah, the third option which I forgot to mention. It's always the > option one forgets to mention that works. > > In theory package install and port install are supposed to be the > same (modulo config options). In practice there are odd cases, and > automake seems to provoke them. Thinking back, I've had to pkg_delete > it before now in order to upgrade, and I always install from ports. It's not really a matter of ports verses packages, a make deinstall calls pkg_delete. The suggestion "You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again..." shouldn't be taken too seriously, since it just a standard response to a make install on an already installed port. It probably fails because what's needed is to delete the package, not delete and reinstall. _______________________________________________ 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"
