From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 13 23:24:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C5C016A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:24:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1B4C43D1F for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:24:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:22:00 -0600 Message-ID: <41BE24A6.3040808@daleco.biz> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:24:22 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mbeattie@alumni.rutgers.edu References: <50022.63.73.213.5.1102973857.squirrel@63.73.213.5> In-Reply-To: <50022.63.73.213.5.1102973857.squirrel@63.73.213.5> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Dec 2004 23:22:01.0244 (UTC) FILETIME=[8C746DC0:01C4E16A] cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports and Packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:24:03 -0000 Michael Beattie wrote: >Or does the port system download, compile, and then create and install >a package from source whereas the other system just downloads the same >package already compiled? > > The only "package" I ever install is cvsup-without-gui, from sysinstall, right after installation. However, `pkg_info` ATM gives me a list of 510 "packages" that are installed (the other 509 came from ports). That's about the size of it. It's more complex, I'm sure, but the build system (out there; is it bento.freebsd.org?) utilizes the ports system to create the packages; so in the end it's not much different, except you can customize the build of a port; packages are just built however Kris (or whoever portmeister is) decides it should be done (not that I'm saying it's a small job, nor am I implying he's responsible for everything that happens, etc., etc.) I wonder if the Porter's Handbook (in the docs) would shed any light for you? Kevin Kinsey