Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:14:53 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about packages and ports Message-ID: <42C0421D.8060103@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <42C03E86.6090509@calarts.edu> References: <42C03E86.6090509@calarts.edu>
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Sean Murphy wrote: > I like to use the pkg_add -r feature of FreeBSD, however I have run into > a problem where the ports have a more current version of the app then > the package of the same app. > > It seems the ports collection is updated more then the package > collection is this true? Yes. Packages are built from ports, so you can expect the ports collection version to be as current or more current than the available packages. > Is the maintainer of a package and a port the same person? Are they > responsible for updating the package and the port? I don't believe so, or at least it's not a requirement that I know of. All maintainers are volunteers, and the load of maintaining the port and building and distributing packages is typically distributed over many volunteers. > Packages will download dependencys required by the app does the ports do > this as well? I think this depends on the options that you specify (for either packages or ports). Typically, though -- yes, building a port will automatically build the dependencies. More about packages & ports can be found in Chap. 4 of the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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