Problem building Wine (and Understanding reinstall)

From: RW (a_at_b.c)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 03:51:20 GMT

I'm new to FreeBSD (I have 5.1-release) I am trying to build Wine from
the port collection and get:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
===> Installing for gettext-0.12.1
===> Generating temporary packing list
===> Checking if devel/gettext already installed
===> An older version of devel/gettext is already installed
(gettext-0.11.5_1)
      You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
      by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.
      If you really wish to overwrite the old port of devel/gettext
      without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
      in your environment or the "make install" command line.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gettext.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gmake.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/wine.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Firstly is it saying I should

  cd /usr/ports/devel/gettext
  make deinstall
  make reinstall

and then restart the wine build with

   cd /usr/ports/emulators/wine
   make install

Secondly why doesn't the build process do this automatically? If the
new version of gettext isn't back compatible shouldn't it be a
different port, so both could co-exist?.

Thirdly the handbook is a bit vague about "make reinstall"
If "make deinstall" removes a port, then why not use "make install" to
reinstall it. What would happen if you deinstall something, forget
about it, and then do a "make install".

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