Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:23:45 +0200 From: Antonio Vieiro <antonio@antonioshome.net> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question on packages and ports (and versions) Message-ID: <AANLkTikBK_Ag3ooq1lIYM-8KA1EOdVh01TnqYqSNp3mf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100610151841.GA13235@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <AANLkTilTv_5mouEfsTI2KgWwcq-FWiSaRhBWtjqdoRMe@mail.gmail.com> <20100610151841.GA13235@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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Hi, Ah, I see. So if I need a more advanced version of some software, that has been installed as a package, I can use portupgrade (or other port management tools) to upgrade the package to a port. Am I right? Thanks, Antonio (As a newbie I'm somewhat concerned about keeping consistency between package and port versions, but I suppose this is handled by port management tools automagically) 2010/6/10 Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>: > > A package is best seen as simply a pre-compiled port, i.e. packages are > built from ports. After it has been installed there is no > difference between software installed via ports or software installed > via packages. > > > > > -- > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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