Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:37:58 +0000 From: LtCdData <blackswan@ltcddata.plus.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg or ports. Message-ID: <20140218173758.62bf0cd4@avatar.davids-website.com> In-Reply-To: <20140218170142.GA78433@pcjas.obspm.fr> References: <20140218170142.GA78433@pcjas.obspm.fr>
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:01:42 +0100 Albert Shih <Albert.Shih@obspm.fr> wrote: > Hi all,=20 >=20 > I'm little lost since FreeBSD introduce pkgng. >=20 > Should I use pkgng or the ports (like I did before ?) >=20 > My server is manage through puppet, so I would like to use pkg for some > =AB=A0basic =BB packages (like bash, vim etc..) but want ports system for > important thing (like postgresql-server) because I can tune the option.=20 >=20 > But in that way how I manage to maintaint up2date ALL packages ?=20 >=20 > Regards. >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Albert SHIH > DIO b=E2timent 15 > Observatoire de Paris > 5 Place Jules Janssen > 92195 Meudon Cedex > France > T=E9l=E9phone : +33 1 45 07 76 26/+33 6 86 69 95 71 > xmpp: jas@obspm.fr > Heure local/Local time: > mar 18 f=E9v 2014 17:59:13 CET > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 Using binary packages is all very well for a fast install but I have found = that once you start to move into using ports its better to stay with ports. Any time I have done a check on binary updates available, it wanted to undo= a lot of what had been changed by ports even for silly small reasons, hens= e a conflict between the both upgrade paths. For me at least, once I moved onto ports, its stay on ports. =20 =20
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