Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:57:08 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: persisting pkg questions .... Message-ID: <54071024.1010904@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <5406BDDC.1080205@club-internet.fr> References: <540617CF.2080602@hiwaay.net> <54062D90.3020506@club-internet.fr> <540689B7.9000006@hiwaay.net> <5406BDDC.1080205@club-internet.fr>
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On 09/03/14 02:06, Juan Ramón Molina Menor wrote: >> I am using pkg whenever possible, in preference to ports, however, there >> are a few things that require ports (flash plugin for browsers, for >> example) .... seems unavoidable. Is there a way to work around this >> issue ? > > I don’t see the issue: upgrade your packages when they become > available in the official repositories (once a week) and the > non-redistributable (i.e. Flash) or customized ports whenever they are > updated. If you are careful and know what you are doing, you can mix > them. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > That's what I thought I did (tried to upgrade pkg's Monday), but it didn't work :-) .... Obviously, being a noob to FBSD, I don't know what I am doing, that's why I am posting the question :-) .... Could you be more specific about that weekly upgrade process ? Are there any order-of-op'ns issues, i.e. do pkg's 1st, then ports, for example (I updated ports 1st, then (tried to upgrade) pkg's) .... Any specifics would be helpful .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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