[Bug 273841] net-p2p/transmission: -utils and -daemon conflict after update to 4.0
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:06:43 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=273841 --- Comment #8 from Robert Clausecker <fuz@FreeBSD.org> --- (In reply to Rafe from comment #6) Thank you for the clarification. The point of using a metaport is that it makes things easier for binary package users. For example, consider something else pulls in transmission as a dependency, but say it only needs the daemon bits, so it depends on net-p2p/transmission@daemon. But you want all the bits and so have net-p2p/transmission@default installed, and suddenly there is a conflict despite you having a dependency that works. A metaport makes it so that when you install net-p2p/transmission@default, it simply depends on net-p2p/transmission@daemon, meaning that the dependency can be satisfied. It also means users can easily install or deinstall components of transmission without having to go through a full install/deinstall. But at the end of the day, it's your decision and I'm fine with it either way. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.