From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 6 15:02:37 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C33F116A417 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:02:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com (ik-out-1112.google.com [66.249.90.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DB7B13C49D for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:02:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c21so697049ika for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:02:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=Qt3EX0st1hoKutk7nzx21ZJci2aBfrLNW81kvf7sElw=; b=UFg5GO18Wr2f7dUStAAUVkE/g8GTvRDLPvf5UC8Z31/fV0kaLVdJiRaDNenqrQ4OxEGuwkqNXYu4euoNtrYfA0LfC9vrP3/mgyLzfEiQz/kCJxoEzYQQuja4EEiqzfrAT+z8j/Jfw9N+m0Se0+gelkuYbMCXMGbP7LfDORqUpEk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=cqBjtDH1UVU5ZEMnAPh77zpJuy2ymg65P8jEZgVZpzX4Ji1kzPF7k95sXoxreigRttmhoMoUU0nvhmqSa0pA/lUMZrQ330E6qkX+APFFZa1RgiO1OuwVx73zkt/0tvlYjjz5ny9WQfJKBJnQq/BVgFMvEUPPkdkmM75pSoGDBCw= Received: by 10.142.131.18 with SMTP id e18mr1185008wfd.1194361344260; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:02:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.180.12 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 07:02:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:02:24 +0000 From: James To: "Jonathan Chen" In-Reply-To: <20071106081625.GC46733@osiris.chen.org.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20071105135017.76a2c48a@meijome.net> <20071105070952.50ba2f37@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <000c01c81f93$344c2c40$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> <472EEDAD.4060409@gmail.com> <472F6AE2.8080608@gmail.com> <20071106081625.GC46733@osiris.chen.org.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:02:37 -0000 On Nov 6, 2007 8:16 AM, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 12:18:01AM +0000, James wrote: > > [...] > > So you don't need to uninstall pkgs before starting to use ports, but > you > > can't go back once you've started using them. > > That's not true. Packages are just precompiled ports, and you can mix > and match if you know what you're doing. If you keep to one particular > update interface that can support using packages, eg: portupgrade, you > should be fine. > -- > Jonathan Chen > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > "The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people > worry than work." - Robert Frost > I really should rephrase what I said, because you're both right and I knew you were right. *I* can't mix packages and ports, because *I* can't be bothered keeping track of things.