I have no idea if fping works. I don't think I really need it. The install was done on a server by the provider so some things & settings and a little bit different from the "raw" install. I also have a "raw" freebsd on a local computer and I notice there is no fping installed on it. So I don't know what the fping on the server is for...
But it was a bad idea to switch directly to pkgng... Now the usual commands seem to work differently, for instance pkg_version -v give only one line :
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fping-3.4 = up-to-date with port
pkg_info -arR only this one :
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Information for fping-3.4:
Depends on:
EDIT: OK, all the pkg_* are replaced by pkg, see
http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng
and portmaster -a wants me to install fping :
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===>>> The following actions will be taken if you choose to proceed:
Install net/fping
===>>> Proceed? y/n [y]
If I say yes, it fails :
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Installing fping-3.4...pkg: fping-3.4 conflicts with fping+ipv6-2.4b2 (installs files into the same place). Problematic file: /usr/local/man/man8/fping.8.gz
*** Error code 70
Stop in /usr/ports/net/fping.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/net/fping.
===>>> Installation of fping-3.4 (net/fping) failed
===>>> Aborting update
===>>> Update for net/fping failed
===>>> Aborting update
Terminated
===>>> You can restart from the point of failure with this command line:
portmaster <flags> net/fping
If I delete it :
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# pkg_delete fping-3.4
pkg_delete: no such package 'fping' installed
then portmaster still wants me to install it
Code:
===>>> The following actions will be taken if you choose to proceed:
Install net/fping
===>>> Proceed? y/n [y]
How to get out of it ?