From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Nov 6 20:59:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87BDF37B401 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 20:59:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns6.icdc.com (ns6.icdc.com [208.244.152.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1CBB43E6E for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 20:59:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from csmith@icdc.com) Received: from wand (pool-151-197-232-60.phil.east.verizon.net [151.197.232.60]) by ns6.icdc.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id gA74xEC17603; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:59:14 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <005101c2861a$0f79afe0$2302a8c0@WorkGroup> From: "Chauncey Smith" To: "Shane Hickey" , References: <1036613655.10639.33.camel@devo.volumen.net> Subject: Re: ports seen with pkg_info? Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:56:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Well packages are built from the ports. The difference between a package and a port is a package is a binary of the piece of software and a port is the source code that gets compiled with the tweaks needed to make it work. pkg_info is a list of all the stuff installed in the os.. like a windows reg. Chauncey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane Hickey" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 3:14 PM Subject: ports seen with pkg_info? > Howdy, I apologize if this a goofy question, but I've been installing > new ports (like bash2 for example) via the /usr/ports tree and I notice > that after they are installed that I can see them with pkg_info. Is > this merely a convenience, or did the port build process actually > install a package? > > Thanks, > > Shane Hickey > Network/System Consultant > Howsyournetwork.com > 406.240.6675 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message