Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:01:16 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: "sAndri Kok" <freebsd_list@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports question Message-ID: <20040421150116.64416cd7@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <BAY10-F110xkOkdtRiF0001e7aa@hotmail.com> References: <BAY10-F110xkOkdtRiF0001e7aa@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:32:58 +1000 "sAndri Kok" <freebsd_list@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I got some questions about ports. Say If I have 2 identical machines. > 1 machine running FreeBSD-4.8 and the other is running FreeBSD-5.2.1. > I run cvsup on both machines using the default ports supfile given in > > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile which points to the same > cvsup mirror. Will I then get the same ports on both of the machines? > You will get the same ports skeleton (files in /usr/ports/*). > Are there newer aplications that cannot run on the 4.8 machine? Yes. > And if I do get the same ports, can I build it as a package on 1 machine > and then install it on the other? No. $ diff /usr/ports/INDEX /usr/ports/INDEX-5 -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
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