Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 16:57:46 -0700 From: Michael O'Henly <michael@tenzo.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Questions about installing ports... Message-ID: <01040416574602.01789@pravda.tenzo.net>
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I have some questions about the use of the ports collection that a first reading of the FAQs hasn't answered... 1. It looks as though binary packages may be added and removed using the "pkg_add" and "pkg-delete" commands. Will "pkg-delete" also remove binaries created by the "make install" process? 2. Is there a central repository of package information on my system that could tell me what version of a package is installed? 3. Is there a way to specify a mirror on the command line when giving the "make install" command? I'm feeling guilty because most of the sources I've downloaded have come from "ftp.freebsd.org" rather than a local mirror. 4. I'm pretty sure that XFree86-3.3.6_4 is what gets installed by FreeBSD 4.2. After installing 4.2, I used cvsup to refresh my ports collection and noticed that the latest version of the "old" XFree86 is 3.3.6_7. If I went to /usr/ports/x11/XFree86 and did a "make deinstall" using this updated Makefile, would it remove 3.3.6_4? (I'm asking because it didn't seem to work. Neither did "pkg_delete XFree86". I ended up installing 4.0.3 on top of the old version.) Thanks. M. -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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