From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 13 12:27:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C9D61065670; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:27:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael@ranner.eu) Received: from mail.azedo.at (mail.azedo.at [91.118.6.139]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191868FC12; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:27:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.azedo.at (dovecot.azedo.at [172.20.10.3]) by mail.azedo.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ABD7A6C153; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:27:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at azedo.at Received: from mail.azedo.at ([172.20.10.3]) by mail.azedo.at (mail.azedo.at [172.20.10.3]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id dGkybSImRpwP; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:27:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from panthera.fritz.box (mom.azedo.at [85.124.38.86]) by mail.azedo.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C10C0A6C151; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:27:35 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <50001437.90305@ranner.eu> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:27:35 +0200 From: Michael Ranner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120614 Thunderbird/13.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fbsd8 References: <20120712100110.GA34228@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <4FFF1C09.2020408@FreeBSD.org> <20120712220207.GD49382@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <4FFF5983.3010708@FreeBSD.org> <4FFFD944.1030005@ranner.eu> <5000113D.2000004@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <5000113D.2000004@a1poweruser.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP & CFT] pkg 1.0rc1 and schedule X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:27:50 -0000 Am 13.07.12 14:14, schrieb Fbsd8: > What I want to know is this new pkg system going to remove the > requirement of having the complete ports tree on my system? > > What I am looking for in an port system, is to install a port and any > files needed for the parent port and its dependents to automatically > be downloaded. So in the end my system ports tree only contain the > files used to install the ports I use and their dependents. > The new pkg system is not a replacement for the ports tree. If you still like to compile software from ports, you will need the ports tree. But you can install a precompiled package with the new pkg system and it automatically downloads all necessary binary packages it depends on. So probably you dont need the ports any more. Regards Michael -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ing. Michael Ranner GSM: +43 676 4155044 Mail: michael@ranner.eu WWW: http://www.azedo.at/