From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Feb 20 17:12:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f197.law12.hotmail.com [64.4.19.197]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC8B37B401 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 17:12:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsdblood@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 17:12:37 -0800 Received: from 203.121.16.70 by lw12fd.law12.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 01:12:37 GMT X-Originating-IP: [203.121.16.70] From: "BSD Blood" To: mlduke@concentric.net, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How's the term 'Port' used? Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 01:12:37 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Feb 2001 01:12:37.0636 (UTC) FILETIME=[61097C40:01C09BA3] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The source archieve used by a port (in the ports tree) is different from the source archieve used by a package, right? >From: ML Duke >To: BSD Blood >Subject: Re: How's the term 'Port' used? >Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:23:58 -0700 (MST) > >A port contains the information to both fetch (ftp) and install the >package, and is executed by "make" and "make install" (as root) while >in a particular port directory. If you have a "package," on the other >hand, you achieve the same end with the "package_add" command >(or pkg_add, I forget). > >ML Duke > > > >From 'The Complete FreeBSD' and the 'FreeBSD Handbook' I notice that >'port' > > is used in a slightly different manner. 'FreeBSD Handbook' uses it to >refer > > to a software package?. 'The Complete FreeBSD' used it to refer to >additinal > > files needed to adapt a package to build on FreeBSD. So, obviously >"install > > a port" can have 2 meanings. Is a package and port used in the same >manner? > > Can anyone please clarify. > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message