From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 27 16:43:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E01816A4B3 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:43:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 807B844013 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:43:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from akruijff@www.kruijff.org) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HLW00BU8CL4Z7@smtp01.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 01:43:52 +0200 (MEST) Received: from Intranet.lan (akruijff@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h8RNhpQL008191;akruijff@Intranet.lan) Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Intranet.lan (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h8RNhoQK008190; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 01:43:50 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 01:43:50 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <200309271659.50019.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com> To: Todd Stephens Message-id: <20030927234350.GB94873@dds.nl> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: <200309271659.50019.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port installation methods X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 23:43:56 -0000 On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 04:59:50PM -0400, Todd Stephens wrote: > Is there any benefit to using the standard 'make' method of installing > ports over the 'portinstall' command (or portupgrade -N), or > vice-versa? If you've just installed a fresh FreeBSD system then there isn't much difference. I offten use the make method in this case. But I switch to portinstall and portupgrade if I a) have updated /usr/ports and b) have installed any port or package. The reason for this is that portinstall and portupgrade have a better port management system. This package/port detects for you changes. With out the portupgrade package you will find that multiple version of the same packages will be registered and only one is installed. (There is only one installed because each override the other fysicaly in /usr/local and /usr/X11R6 but not in the regerstry.) -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/