Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 17:29:55 +0100 From: Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How long does it take for a port to become a pkg? Message-ID: <35e94e6a-efea-d668-fa30-352341bf3f5b@uni-dortmund.de> In-Reply-To: <d084fbf9-7e65-8eb9-c5c9-70cd5b1c55fe@FreeBSD.org> References: <1ee305da-120e-93d3-2f4b-1d95db69b34e@uni-dortmund.de> <d084fbf9-7e65-8eb9-c5c9-70cd5b1c55fe@FreeBSD.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --FDsQPhlLcUF4ssU0KKdWvxuADQWxFVMQq Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="LK21oJTw8sqSSbP9UuI8prsl8macxWE3S"; protected-headers="v1" From: Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <35e94e6a-efea-d668-fa30-352341bf3f5b@uni-dortmund.de> Subject: Re: How long does it take for a port to become a pkg? References: <1ee305da-120e-93d3-2f4b-1d95db69b34e@uni-dortmund.de> <d084fbf9-7e65-8eb9-c5c9-70cd5b1c55fe@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <d084fbf9-7e65-8eb9-c5c9-70cd5b1c55fe@FreeBSD.org> --LK21oJTw8sqSSbP9UuI8prsl8macxWE3S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03/14/17 13:52, Matthew Seaman wrote: [...] > It takes about 1--2 days for changes to the ports to make it into the > latest package set, and there will be many more of them than in the > quarterly branches. You will also get an update to pkg(8) itself which= > means reverting to the quarterly packages won't be possible[*] until th= e > end of this quarter. Hey Matt! Thanks for the detailed info! Are there any major drawbacks from using the "latest" versions of packages, like stuff getting out of sync? Would this information perhaps be a noteworthy addition to the handbook? In that case I'd write up something for it. The point is that all through the handbook, using the pkg tools and the ports is described side by side. While it is not explicitly said that the results are identical, the reader is very likely to expect it - pretty much as I did. So installing a piece of software via the pkg tool and another via the ports can lead to weird results, because possibly different lib-versions are expected. What do you think? Best regards, Chris --LK21oJTw8sqSSbP9UuI8prsl8macxWE3S-- --FDsQPhlLcUF4ssU0KKdWvxuADQWxFVMQq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iL4EAREKAGYFAljIGohfFIAAAAAALgAoaXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3Bl bnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDgzRDQzNjY2NUYzMDVBMTYxMDY0ODYwNzMy MDIxMzQyODdFMUJGQjIACgkQMgITQofhv7KnugEAuziKZEfqm5NjgFPqksVMpAmG wwJTFxsw54RndhDWFYoA/jN7v+uXpL7aPEuiotOWfbyQ2RA90NBwL/jDI0YWReWM =r6eY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FDsQPhlLcUF4ssU0KKdWvxuADQWxFVMQq--
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