Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:53:03 +0200 From: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Mix'n'match between packages an ports? Message-ID: <20150630115303.GA1331@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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Hi, Having run FreeBSD for some years historically I used the "build from source"-method in order to install/upgrade ports - i.e. "make && make install" and "portupgrade" respectively. Since the package system has gotten much better of the years, I decided to go for the binary way of installing/upgrading on recent installations, i.e. "pkg ...". Now on one of these recent machines I've got to install a port that needs some configuration when building, so installing that particular program from source would be better. Here's my question: Is a "mix and match" between binary and source-installation (pkg.. vs. "make / portupgrade") possible on the same machine, or is it one or the other? Any experience with that? Caveats any? Thanks much in advance for your help, -ewald
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