From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 1 10:08:33 2003 Return-Path: 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 45FF716A4BF for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 10:08:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5A2C43FD7 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 10:08:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h81H8RQW007498 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 19:08:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)h81H8QhP007495; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 19:08:27 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 19:08:26 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer To: Jacob Smullyan In-Reply-To: <20030901165330.GA10773@bracknell.smullyan.org> Message-ID: <20030901190442.R7488@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <20030901165330.GA10773@bracknell.smullyan.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: local ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 17:08:33 -0000 On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Jacob Smullyan wrote: > Hi -- > > I'm coming to FreeBSD after using Gentoo Linux extensively for a year > and half, so I'm wondering whether some features of Gentoo have > equivalents in FreeBSD ports: > > 1. is it possible to specify a particular version of a port that you > want to install, or is there only one version of a port available at > any one time in a particular distribution branch? Depends. In most cases, you have one version at a specific time, but things like samba, there are the 2.2 and 3.0 simultaneously available. There is the utility portupgrade, which also does a great job in updating the ports tree, therefore keeping your apps up to date. > 2. is it possible to have local ports, so as to keep my own ports > (either new applications or development versions of pre-existing > ports) in a separate place than the regular ports tree? basically, yes. But I have to admit that I never dug through the vast amount of makefiles. in each part of the installation process via ports, you can set some parameters, if you want. > > I haven't come across this in the handbook, but I may have missed it. > There may be other sources of documentation I've missed, too -- This is mostly make.conf and the whole concept of makefiles... There is nearly only digging through man pages or the mailing list archives. HTH Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)