On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Christopher Cowart < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Grant Peel wrote: > > Just attempting to install the port. Something I noticed when the install > > crapped out was that it wanted me to use the "Force Package Register" for > > the OpenSSL_Overwrite_Base port. > > > > That port was already installed, what would be the correct method to deal > > with this? > > I usually only see this error with ports we've written in-house. Usually > it happens because the dependency check on a specific file is bad. The > check fails, which causes the port to believe it needs to install the > dependency, but the package registry gets upset because the package is > already installed and it doesn't think it needs to be reinstalled. > > If these are real ports, you might want to report the brokenness. You'll > probably find that you can FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=1 and leave it at that > (though I typically treat it as a last resort and instead opt for fixing > the port). > > -- > Chris Cowart > Network Technical Lead > Network & Infrastructure Services, RSSP-IT > UC Berkeley > I wrote this but gmail default reply is not reply-all go to the openssl port and run make replace and it should replace base but I actually don't really suggest it. since I don't really see a need to even from wireshark which I have installed without overwriting openssl_base _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"