[ On Thursday, February 5, 2004 at 00:23:38 (+0100), Hubert.Feyrer@t-online.de wrote: ]
> Subject: 'make install' message update when pkg is already installed
>
> 
> I'd like to commit the patch below to not bother the user about pkg
> details - I always use 'make deinstall' over pkg_delete when possible.
> 
> Any objections to commit this?
 
It's a good idea, but maybe it should end up reading more like this
similar change I made some time ago to my local version:

@@ -2549,10 +2759,10 @@
 	if [ "$$found" != "" ]; then					\
 		${ECHO_MSG} "${_PKGSRC_IN}> $$found is already installed - perhaps an older version?"; \
 		${ECHO_MSG} "*** If so, you may use either of:"; \
-		${ECHO_MSG} "***  - \"pkg_delete $$found\" and \"${MAKE} reinstall\" to upgrade properly"; \
-		${ECHO_MSG} "***  - \"${MAKE} update\" to rebuild the package and all of its dependencies"; \
-		${ECHO_MSG} "***  - \"${MAKE} replace\" to replace only the package without re-linking"; \
-		${ECHO_MSG} "***    dependencies, risking various problems."; \
+		${ECHO_MSG} "***  - \"${MAKE} deinstall\" and \"${MAKE} reinstall\" to upgrade properly,"; \
+		${ECHO_MSG} "***  - \"${MAKE} update\" to try rebuilding the package and all of its dependencies, or"; \
+		${ECHO_MSG} "***  - \"${MAKE} install FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=YES\" to replace only this package"; \
+		${ECHO_MSG} "***     without re-linking dependencies, thus risking various problems."; \
 		exit 1;							\
 	fi
 .endif # !NO_PKG_REGISTER && !NO_FORCE_REGISTER && overwrite


 
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