Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:02:24 +0000 From: James <oscartheduck@gmail.com> To: "Jonathan Chen" <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade questions Message-ID: <d59e90ab0711060702g152c844wd5aa55d6c77f1233@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071106081625.GC46733@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <BAY114-W1198B68AE765DD630D744BBB8F0@phx.gbl> <20071105135017.76a2c48a@meijome.net> <20071105070952.50ba2f37@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <000c01c81f93$344c2c40$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> <472EEDAD.4060409@gmail.com> <472F6AE2.8080608@gmail.com> <d59e90ab0711051618o551e4d60r9cffa03ef1be577c@mail.gmail.com> <20071106081625.GC46733@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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On Nov 6, 2007 8:16 AM, Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> 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 <jonc@chen.org.nz> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > "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.
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