Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:07:00 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portmaster and pkgng Message-ID: <CADLo838_NSsfSi3QMBh0LrjiCU0vePk1CV4GExrDZtHDnadm7w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <500D0EA5.4050900@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <500D0EA5.4050900@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On 23 Jul 2012 09:44, "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > Hello. > > I'd like to try pkgng with portmaster. I see that "pkg2ng" is involving > the directory /var/db/pkg, so this implies that there may implications > also for usage with ports-mgmt/portmaster. portmaster is supposed to be > the tool completely dependend on system's toolsets, isn't it? > > I know that "pkg" is supposed to be more for binary maintainance of the > system, but I'd like to be "stuck" with compiling my ports. Is there an > issue with that? > > Thanks inadvance and sorry for the (naive) noise. Of course you can stay with compiling your ports directly, but I think you'll be so amazed with how easy it is to make binary package sets yourself and use them that you'll use them instead :). You still have all the advantages of compiling from source. http://blog.etoilebsd.net/post/Home_made_pkgng_repo Chris
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