Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:26:03 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Luiz Eduardo Guida Valmont <legvalmont@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: package vs ports question Message-ID: <4428040B.5020406@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <97be9bec0603270457j5f239ac1g5f2c865c6946ac4a@mail.gmail.com> References: <4427C93B.2050805@greenmeadow.ca> <20060327223806.54ea4b05@localhost> <97be9bec0603270455t7593d9c3o6741f58d6e762cb6@mail.gmail.com> <97be9bec0603270457j5f239ac1g5f2c865c6946ac4a@mail.gmail.com>
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Luiz Eduardo Guida Valmont wrote: >Thanks for the answer. I just hope I'm not messing things too much. > >So if a port may override a package, is the only solution to this >generate a package then install it? Now if this happens, what will >happen for example (supposing I install everything from packages - or >"make package" then pkg_add for that matter) when I install Adobe >Acrobat? Are all its dependancies going to be installed as well? I >mean, ports doesn't "know" which packages were installed by pkg_add, >which is how I suppose those packages are installed. Sorry if I cannot >make myself clear enough, but there's still the fog that blinds >newbies like me. :) > > Sorry if I'm interjecting stupid stuff here .. . haven't yet backtracked this thread. What exactly do you mean, "ports doesn't *know* which packages were installed by pkg_add" ... they use the same database, and as far as the ports(7) mechanism is concerned, they are the same thing. The difference is in the details visible to the user; as far as the ports system is concerned, files is files, and port/package data is data. >Is it possible to generate packages for all the dependancies? Does >"make package" do this for all packages for which a package can be >created? I hope I won't need to reinstall them but you know... you >never know. :) > > > 'make package' should include all dependencies, by my understanding; however, my understanding isn't the greatest, so YMMV. >Thanks again... > > HTH, KDK -- A drama critic is a person who surprises a playwright by informing him what he meant. -- Wilson Mizner
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