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Date:      Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:31:01 +0000
From:      Lorenzo Salvadore <phascolarctos@protonmail.ch>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Replacing base commands with pkg versions
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> What is the recommended way of dealing with the base versions of
> commands when installing a package version instead? Should I chmod -x
> the base executable(s), delete them or rename them? What happens if I
> subsequently do a freebsd-update - do the base executables get
> reinstated or are they ignored?
>
> The specific case I'm interested in is unbound under 11.2, but this
> applies to a variety of programs (CUPS vs base lpr, or base vs pkg llvm
> come to mind) and if there's any official guidance on this I've missed it=
.

I cannot give you an official answer, but if you always want to have the pk=
g
version getting precedence on the base version, I would reorder the PATH
variable.

If instead you want to mix versions, I would not change the base system, I
would rather create aliases for the shell.

Lorenzo Salvadore.



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