From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 23:50:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACBF4802 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:50:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from na01-bl2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-bl2on0137.outbound.protection.outlook.com [65.55.169.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.protection.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31C4D66760 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:50:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.0.21] (73.5.142.244) by CY1PR0301MB0841.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.163.147) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.1.49.12; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:50:25 +0000 Message-ID: <549DF43B.4060006@my.hennepintech.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:50:19 -0600 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subject: Re: Do I want to switch to the new pkg(8) format? References: <7813720d20f4ad81c083db7695df728b.squirrel@ma.sdf.org> <549DF2A8.5090704@radel.com> In-Reply-To: <549DF2A8.5090704@radel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [73.5.142.244] X-ClientProxiedBy: BY2PR01CA0054.prod.exchangelabs.com (10.255.242.44) To CY1PR0301MB0841.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.163.147) Authentication-Results: spf=none (sender IP is ) smtp.mailfrom=aberg010@my.HennepinTech.edu; X-Microsoft-Antispam: UriScan:; X-Microsoft-Antispam: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:CY1PR0301MB0841; X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-Test: UriScan:; X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-CFA-Test: BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:(601004); SRVR:CY1PR0301MB0841; X-Forefront-PRVS: 04371797A5 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(10019020)(6009001)(6049001)(189002)(199003)(24454002)(107046002)(99396003)(75432002)(107886001)(120916001)(83506001)(46102003)(20776003)(21056001)(50986999)(64706001)(42186005)(47776003)(93886004)(59896002)(65816999)(92566001)(86362001)(450100001)(89122001)(76176999)(54356999)(87266999)(23676002)(77156002)(40100003)(62966003)(64126003)(101416001)(66066001)(77096005)(50466002)(122386002)(65956001)(2351001)(106356001)(68736005)(97736003)(80316001)(33656002)(31966008)(110136001)(2950100001)(105586002)(87976001)(4396001)(89472002); DIR:OUT; SFP:1102; SCL:1; SRVR:CY1PR0301MB0841; H:[10.0.0.21]; FPR:; SPF:None; MLV:sfv; PTR:InfoNoRecords; MX:1; A:0; LANG:en; Received-SPF: None (protection.outlook.com: my.HennepinTech.edu does not designate permitted sender hosts) X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-CFA-Test: BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:; SRVR:CY1PR0301MB0841; X-OriginatorOrg: my.hennepintech.edu X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Dec 2014 23:50:25.9535 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-FromEntityHeader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: CY1PR0301MB0841 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:50:35 -0000 On 2014.12.26 17:43, Jon Radel wrote: > 2) Download a package that was compiled by somebody else from the port > using the defaults. More accurately: 2) Download a package that was compiled by somebody else from the port using the options specified by that person. The official repo uses the defaults, but you can use any repo (including your own with your own specified options and even your own custom ports tree if you are so inclined) and it's pretty transparent to the client box once configured.