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FreeBSD ports / pkgtools tip:
Use ALT_PKGDEP in pkgtools.conf to "redirect" dependencies -
particularly useful for new major versions or improved clones of
software that is backward compatible.
ALT_PKGDEP = {
'textproc/libxml' => 'textproc/libxml2',
'devel/ORBit' => 'devel/ORBit2',
'graphics/imlib' => 'graphics/imlib2',
'textproc/ispell' => 'textproc/aspell',
}
Some libraries can't be used like this - for example, some GTK1.x
programs will not build with GTK2.x.