There are three different variables to register a conflict
between packages and ports: CONFLICTS
,
CONFLICTS_INSTALL
and
CONFLICTS_BUILD
.
The conflict variables automatically set the variable
IGNORE
, which is more fully documented in
Section 12.14, “Marking a Port Not Installable with
BROKEN
, FORBIDDEN
, or
IGNORE
”.
When removing one of several conflicting ports, it is
advisable to retain the CONFLICTS
entries in
those other ports for a few months to cater for users who only
update once in a while.
If your package cannot coexist with other packages
(because of file conflicts, runtime incompatibilities, etc.),
list the other package names in the
CONFLICTS_INSTALL
variable. You can use
shell globs like *
and ?
here. Package names should be enumerated the same way they
appear in /var/db/pkg
. Please make sure
that CONFLICTS_INSTALL
does not match this
port's package itself. Otherwise enforcing its installation
with FORCE_PKG_REGISTER
will no longer
work. The CONFLICTS_INSTALL check is done after the build
stage and prior to the install stage.
If your port cannot be built if a certain port is already
installed, list the other port names in the
CONFLICTS_BUILD
variable. You can use
shell globs like *
and ?
here. Package names should be enumerated the same way they
appear in /var/db/pkg
. The
CONFLICTS_BUILD check is done prior to the build stage. Build
conflicts are not recorded in the resulting package.
If your port cannot be built if a certain port is already
installed and the resulting package cannot coexist with the
other package, list the other package name in the
CONFLICTS
variable. You can use shell
globs like *
and ?
here.
Packages names should be enumerated the same way they appear
in /var/db/pkg
. Please make sure that
CONFLICTS_INSTALL
does not match this
port's package itself. Otherwise enforcing its installation
with FORCE_PKG_REGISTER
will no longer
work. The CONFLICTS check is done prior to the build stage
and prior to the install stage.
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