Date: 24 Aug 2004 16:34:47 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> Subject: Re: Reinstalling, then upgrading (Was Re: Salvageable? (Was Re:make installworld error)) Message-ID: <447jroi8bc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20040824195521.GA7691@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <37045.24.11.146.21.1093373223.squirrel@freedombi.com> <412B935B.2010706@att.net> <20040824195521.GA7691@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes: > That phrase -- "ports build packages" is just so right on so many > levels. Except for the literal description of what actually happens. It seems that a lot of the supposed confusion of novices comes from the fact that we don't have a separate word to refer to a port or package *after* it has been installed. People make a naive assumption that the "package database" has something to do with packages but not with ports...
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