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On 12/4/2014 1:41 PM, John Levine wrote:
>> Second, I now find myself in a situation where some software must be
>> installed with pkg and some must be installed from ports. If it's just
>> mailman, that's one thing. If it becomes a bunch of packages, I have a
>> real mess on my hands.
>
> Yes, we have a mess.  If you need a port compiled with other than the
> standard options, you can't use the package, and it's a challenge
> to keep pkg from stomping your locally compiled versions.

What issue are you seeing?