Re: py311 conflict

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%mnx.io@localhost> writes:

>>The experience of a bad error message vs a nicer one is not to terrible
>>IMHO, but it is better to catch it earlier.
>
> It's not about a nicer error message.  CONFLICTS are available in
> pkg_summary(5) and can be determined prior to starting an upgrade
> operation.  PLIST conflicts happen after you've already proceeded with
> an upgrade operation, and you may now be stuck between being unable to
> roll back because some packages have already been removed, and not
> wanting to continue because the conflict requires removing a package
> you need.

A fair point.  This is actually mentioned in the guide, but the text
doesn't warn about troublesome intermediate states.