Subject: Re: updating packages?
To: Christoph Kaegi <kgc@zhwin.ch>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/14/2001 11:10:38
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christoph Kaegi wrote:
> On 2001.01.11 17:14, Scott Presnell wrote:
> > pkg_add: other version 'freetype-lib-1.2' already installed
> > and if I try to delete 'freetype-lib-1.2' first I see:
> >
> > pkg_delete: package `freetype-lib-1.2' is required by other packages:
> > ja-vflib-lib-2.24.2
> > enlightenment-0.16.2
> > gd-1.8.3
> >
>
> You could force the deletion (pkg_delete -f freetype-lib-1.2), then
> add the newer version.
Better, use "pkg_delete -r freetype-lib", and then pkg_add "ja-vflib-lib",
"enlightenment", and "gd" to the latest versions available.
Frederick