From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 14 19:35:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4A8A2FC; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:35:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-x22a.google.com (mail-ob0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8EB571791; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:35:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f170.google.com with SMTP id uy5so76609obc.29 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:35:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=yK/yQoGlWC320vPnpU4dojWq+DXB1aAlG0EaiTdt+Cs=; b=hAj6PSJLyI0DNkAqxHs8XLamTWm7B5nEcUPaMYeEH3KZgHsC60q6OPyHpE0qEV/m1J hgQJ+bxzl1YLbcAFvrSL1ryHM6YGjhvof3JvoWSoWwdoFlSduzYWEvm3SR+rNM9AlECN nR/HDxIghP65DCXccb026lOWV7Md7w/ohASOJB33RPPuJ9MXetaTri2F5mNyJSmbqf5g PWoSQgKjHox18Jl3+F3tIt2mzmoUJtpK0MB2sisvljvUL7gf9+yKtYaH9vdem2DvgRiP rbNwXI8ErySKEIi7LAINv5Eoo4xm+LwcO1Mxqk965Tz8dowZ8ltV8VMeNdLtpu0kxely 62/Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.19.132 with SMTP id f4mr2637557obe.14.1389728134879; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:35:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.90.167 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:35:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <52D58C86.2070101@FreeBSD.org> References: <52D5877F.7060508@bayofrum.net> <52D58C86.2070101@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:35:34 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Maximizing the use of binary packages and minimizing building packages From: Matt Reimer To: Matthew Seaman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: freebsd-ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:35:36 -0000 That's good news. What should I watch for in order to know when Really Soon Now becomes Now? Matt On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 14/01/2014 18:52, Chris Rees wrote: > > Mixing ports and packages is discouraged and can get messy, because > > upgrades can get out of sync... > > Although with recent developments in pkgng, that advice is going to > become outdated Real Soon Now. > > It is already possible to use mostly binary packages but compile some > yourself. However, yes, it can get messy and you need to be careful > about keeping your build tree reasonably in synch with the tree used to > build the official ports. Also, ingeneral, it's much easier to build > your ports when they are at the end of the dependency chain; ie. with > nothing else that depends on them. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey > > >