Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:23:21 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@speakeasy.net> Cc: Brandon Kuczenski <brandon@301south.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Lars Eighner <portsuser@larseighner.com> Subject: Re: Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? ) Message-ID: <4E784D79.8030707@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4E781792.8090803@speakeasy.net> References: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1109191115100.17028@coral> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109191546330.3259@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc> <4E781792.8090803@speakeasy.net>
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On 20/09/2011 05:33, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> I noticed only recently that there are now packages on FTP in a folder
> called packages-8-stable. I am not sure how often these are built. I
> expect that the entire ports tree is built much like it is during a
> release, except at some later point in time. I would expect that those=
> ports are all "dependency consistent" with each other to the maximum
> extent possible.
'Latest' packages are built for each updated port + OS version +
architecture combination whenever resources are available on the build
cluster. Typically that implies a delay of a few days or a week or so
after the update hits the ports CVS. Yes, if you install the latest
pkgs everything should still remain consistent -- but that means you
should install all of the available updates: picking and choosing is the
route to tears before bedtime[*].
Cheers,
Matthew
[*] Unless you know exactly what you're doing and understand how all the
dependency relationships work.
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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