when can i safely force a macports build when a dependency is indepently installed

[Carter Schonwald]

bizarre, then i can't account for it. Again, thanks

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Bryan Blackburn <blb at macports.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 03:55:22PM -0400, Carter Schonwald said:
> > thanks,
> > might it be from a while ago having initially used fink / building stuff
> on
> > my own / also having installed texlive 08 separately?
>
> fink should install into /sw so unless you changed it, that won't be it; if
> you don't give --prefix to configure scripts, when you build by hand it
> should go into /usr/local.  I'm not sure about texlive 08 and where it goes
> by default.  The only other thing I'm aware of that likes /opt/local would
> be the package installers for KDE.
>
> Bryan
>
>
> > -Carter
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Bryan Blackburn <blb at macports.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 12:06:21PM -0400, Carter Schonwald said:
> > > > hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I occasionally encounter errors of the following sort:
> > > >
> > > > sudo port install erlang
> > > > --->  Activating fontconfig @2.6.0_2+macosx
> > > > Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
> > > > /opt/local/etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf already exists and
> does
> > > not
> > > > belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port fontconfig.
> > > > Error: The following dependencies failed to build: tk Xft2 fontconfig
> > > > xorg-libXScrnSaver xorg-scrnsaverproto
> > > > Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> > >
> > > Encountering a "already exists and does not belong to a registered
> port"
> > > should happen only extremely rarely, so if you are seeing it frequently
> you
> > > need to track down what else may be depositing files into /opt/local
> that
> > > isn't MacPorts.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > when / how can I safely force macports to install over the dependency
> or
> > > how
> > > > can i determine if its safe to do so?
> > >
> > > You can force it with -f, read up at:
> > >
> > > <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#whentoforce>
> > >
> > > Bryan
> > >
> > >
> > > > thanks!
> > > > -Carter
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