Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 22:54:40 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> Cc: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>, Matthew Petach <mpetach@yahoo.com>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Impossible to build MongoDB44 on FreeBSD 12.4? Message-ID: <CAAdA2WMiweoVWgykp0Y5Ugs%2B1hkaHPE_QLwqYf9-ERrD-sqocw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7acpb7y5oav2woyjtow52k2syr5klsdhebn3sebkb7h3wh2cfb@m3endmxwai63> References: <262989174.2467990.1685491667239.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <262989174.2467990.1685491667239@mail.yahoo.com> <73fa2549-a936-a70d-4039-329d3358c9c1@tinka.africa> <1116748867.2507770.1685510371031@mail.yahoo.com> <bceea6e4-ce10-4696-3d0b-911a829716a6@tinka.africa> <CAAdA2WOFMf5Gz5FAdOnc--=13-SR-Ojt6xw2u=aP%2BUvnsP_Hpw@mail.gmail.com> <7acpb7y5oav2woyjtow52k2syr5klsdhebn3sebkb7h3wh2cfb@m3endmxwai63>
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--000000000000e7c35805fd02b269 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 10:27=E2=80=AFPM Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> = wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 09:54:55AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 9:41=E2=80=AFAM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> = wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/31/23 07:19, Matthew Petach wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Mark, > > > > > > I was rather hoping to avoid mixing one pre-built package with > > > dependencies on > > > older versions of packages on a system with everything else built fro= m > the > > > ports tree, > > > but I may not have much of a choice. :( > > > > > > > > > I have found myself having to do that from time to time, for various > > > reasons, e.g., disk space issues with large builds, odd breakage when > > > building from Ports that no amount of troubleshooting can fix, e.t.c. > > > > > > At least FreeBSD gives you both options, so you don't have to rebuild > your > > > entire system from scratch to fix weirdness. > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > The moment you do "pkg install foo" and you're prompted with a list of > pkgs > > to be installed, upgraded and reinstalled and you do not want a single > one > > of them except "foo", then you go crying! > > i frequently use "pkg lock foo" for the rare situations where i need to > pin a > specific version on my systems. > > -p > I have seen a situation where I see mysqlXX-client is gonna be installed, yet I uninstalled MysqlXX-* and moved to MariaDB. Wueh! Then on top of that, some other pkgs that you aren't interested in are also going to be installed! --=20 Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' =C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] --000000000000e7c35805fd02b269 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">= <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 10:27=E2=80= =AFPM Pete Wright <<a href=3D"mailto:pete@nomadlogic.org">pete@nomadlogi= c.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma= rgin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:= 1ex">On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 09:54:55AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:<b= r> > On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 9:41=E2=80=AFAM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.afri= ca> wrote:<br> > <br> > ><br> > ><br> > > On 5/31/23 07:19, Matthew Petach wrote:<br> > ><br> > ><br> > > Hi Mark,<br> > ><br> > > I was rather hoping to avoid mixing one pre-built package with<br= > > > dependencies on<br> > > older versions of packages on a system with everything else built= from the<br> > > ports tree,<br> > > but I may not have much of a choice.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 :(<br> > ><br> > ><br> > > I have found myself having to do that from time to time, for vari= ous<br> > > reasons, e.g., disk space issues with large builds, odd breakage = when<br> > > building from Ports that no amount of troubleshooting can fix, e.= t.c.<br> > ><br> > > At least FreeBSD gives you both options, so you don't have to= rebuild your<br> > > entire system from scratch to fix weirdness.<br> > ><br> > > Mark.<br> > ><br> > <br> > The moment you do "pkg install foo" and you're prompted = with a list of pkgs<br> > to be installed, upgraded and reinstalled and you do not want a single= one<br> > of them except "foo", then you go crying!<br> <br> i frequently use "pkg lock foo" for the rare situations where i n= eed to pin a<br> specific version on my systems.<br> <br> -p<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have seen a situation where I see = mysqlXX-client is gonna be installed, yet I uninstalled MysqlXX-* and moved= to MariaDB. Wueh!</div><div></div></div>Then on top of that, some other pk= gs that you aren't interested in are also going to be installed!<div><b= r><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-= - </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><d= iv dir=3D"ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>= +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>"<span style=3D"font-size:12.8px"= >Oh, the cruft.</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">",=C2=A0</span>= <span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">egrep -v '^$|^.*#'=C2=A0</span><sp= an style=3D"background-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,238,238);font-fami= ly:"Lucida Console",Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;fo= nt-size:13.6px">=C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF</span><span style=3D"font-size:= 12.8px">=C2=A0:-)</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">[How to= ask smart questions:=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><a href= =3D"http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" target=3D"_blank">h= ttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>]</span></div></div></= div></div></div></div> --000000000000e7c35805fd02b269--
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