On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 09:52:23AM -0500, Roger Midmore wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Roger Midmore wrote: > > I tried to install gettext using pkg_add gettext but > I get a bunch of collision errors since I installed some other software > manually from the ports. Is there anyway to force pkg_add to overwrite > those files or should I just reinstall 3.9 and just use pkg_add to add > all my software instead of trying ports?
If your ports tree and packages are in sync, pkg_add -r should work. However, since you already messed up your system, pkg_delete /var/db/pkg/* and then reinstall from packages. <snip> Tobias
