Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:46:55 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com>, ports@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Subject: Re: CFT: adding configuration file support to pkg_install Message-ID: <200806021046.55794.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4841EF83.3000407@p6m7g8.com> References: <a01628140805300813r6a5f9912r99ec6f27a603a05f@mail.gmail.com> <4841EF0D.8050201@FreeBSD.org> <4841EF83.3000407@p6m7g8.com>
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On Saturday 31 May 2008 08:38:27 pm Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > packages are usually built from the ports tree, but not always, and > > users may use packages without a ports tree present on the local system. > > short of doing pkg_delete -af then pkg_add /some/dir > are there any ports-mgmt/* tools for upgrades that don't need the ports > tree present. I know portupgrade does. > > Thats not an argument for or against, just commentary. There are proprietary tools that manage packages of proprietary software that run on FreeBSD embedded devices. -- John Baldwin
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