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 Message-ID: <2WSWeqA769U9_j-YlfypjYKPgycGgCJH_5-w2PzJSegmBaHtZtTie7Kht_IANZU2s9xDJSE8kiDBP_9EvUj7ccQa1uevCPPiyoOAIm03fPo=@protonmail.ch> In-Reply-To: <b0671230-ef4f-3337-71c6-d23bdfd3aff8@qeng-ho.org> References: <b0671230-ef4f-3337-71c6-d23bdfd3aff8@qeng-ho.org>
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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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