Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:33:52 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jukka_Simil=E4?= <jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com> To: 'BSD Blood' <bsdblood@hotmail.com>, mlduke@concentric.net, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: How's the term 'Port' used? Message-ID: <8F68F32EB034D311A4A700508B4417D704108A7C@RATATOSK.sveg.se.sykes.com>
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wrong, I guess. You can make a package from any program in ports tree by doing "make package". AFAIK this is how the packages are done in the first place. on the other hand, you cannot extract port skeleton (the directory that contains information about the program, and installation locations and such) from a package. > -----Original Message----- > From: BSD Blood [mailto:bsdblood@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 2:13 AM > To: mlduke@concentric.net; freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: How's the term 'Port' used? > > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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