Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 01:12:37 -0000 From: "BSD Blood" <bsdblood@hotmail.com> To: mlduke@concentric.net, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How's the term 'Port' used? Message-ID: <F197IqunLOyDc41W2uf0000fcef@hotmail.com>
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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 <mlduke@concentric.net> >To: BSD Blood <bsdblood@hotmail.com> >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
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