From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Apr 23 16:28:29 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76579B1A9C9 for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2016 16:28:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC4S5.hotmail.com (blu004-omc4s5.hotmail.com [65.55.111.144]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "Microsoft IT SSL SHA2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 362DE1046 for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2016 16:28:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU436-SMTP216 ([65.55.111.136]) by BLU004-OMC4S5.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Sat, 23 Apr 2016 09:28:27 -0700 X-TMN: [BHosc1Xbheu9AlwAZ2Fq/hlxNzAUcf92] X-Originating-Email: [carmel_ny@outlook.com] Message-ID: Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 12:28:24 -0400 From: Carmel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sane way to resolve potential conflicts in the system In-Reply-To: References: <20160423162910.7cd2ede2@curlew.lan> Organization: Seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2-dirty (GTK+ 2.24.28; i686-w64-mingw32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Apr 2016 16:28:27.0070 (UTC) FILETIME=[29F2B5E0:01D19D7D] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 16:28:29 -0000 On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 19:02:13 +0300, Odhiambo Washington stated: >I will need to look into this because I use a mixture of portupgrade >and pkg on this system. Scary? That is one of the reasons I avoid packages. I have several ports that require custom configurations, such as Postfix, Dovecot and a few others. It just doesn't pay for me to mix packages and ports. There just isn't any upside. The package system is just to juvenile right now. Until it matures, I will stay with ports. -- Carmel