From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 20 13:28:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D427106566B for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:28:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcw@speakeasy.net) Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 068AE8FC15 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:28:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 1621 invoked from network); 20 Sep 2011 12:50:45 -0000 Received: from dsl081-163-121.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO w16.stradamotorsports.com) (jcw@[64.81.163.121]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 20 Sep 2011 12:50:45 -0000 Message-ID: <4E788C24.10603@speakeasy.net> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:50:44 -0700 From: "Jason C. Wells" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110120 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman References: <4E781792.8090803@speakeasy.net> <4E784D79.8030707@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4E784D79.8030707@infracaninophile.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Brandon Kuczenski , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Lars Eighner Subject: Re: Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? ) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:28:53 -0000 On 09/20/11 01:23, Matthew Seaman wrote: > '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[*]. For my part, I plan to update all. I have decided over the years that letting the FreeBSD project manage my ports versions for me is the way to happiness. Roll-your-own is a thing of my past. That said, updating onesy-twosy has only caused me a manageable amount of grief. The problem is the timing. It is always before bed, or before my paper is due, and openoffice is griping about something do with java and java is now done differently than it has been... Like I said, updating onesy-twosy can be a serious PITA. Later, Jason