From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 05:54:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53A5816A4C0 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 05:54:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (law11-oe61.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.16.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18E4943FBD for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 05:54:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phillipsd@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 05:54:34 -0700 Received: from 217.43.64.95 by law11-oe61.law11.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:54:34 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [217.43.64.95] X-Originating-Email: [phillipsd@hotmail.com] From: "Darren Phillips" To: Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:53:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Oct 2003 12:54:34.0950 (UTC) FILETIME=[2A2B9660:01C3881B] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Newbie question - package versions in FreeBSD 5.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:54:39 -0000 Sorry for the dumb-sounding question - is having multiple package = versions installed in 5.1 going to burn me ? I (think I) understand the install process but not the consequences. How = do all the versions coexist ? eg. install another linux base package. Many thanks DP