Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 14:22:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Bzdik BSD <bzdik@yahoo.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports and Packages Mixture Message-ID: <20010519212235.60872.qmail@web13604.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <15110.20116.161437.414956@guru.mired.org>
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I asked this question before: why not incorporate [something like] apt
from Debian?
The only answer I got the last time that pkg_add is superior no matter
what. Why does one need to delete both and then to re-install one of
them? Most of you are administrators, wouldn't it save you some
valuable time? Is it a "not made here" thing? This would be a killer:
apt-get dist-upgrade
has no analogy in any other Unix, even in the cleanest of them all -
OpenBSD ;-))
please, enlighten in case I missed some fundamental Constitutional
issue here. don't try "license" song, I said [something like] apt.
last time Debian people raised the issue of possible incorporation
FreeBSD kernel the excuse was the license "conflict", yet the
underlying was the fear of losing control by some "authorities" among
"leadership". Isn't FreeBSD free of this infantile crap? {dream on...}
--- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> wrote:
> BSD Blood <bsdblood@hotmail.com> types:
> > Hello.
> > My first priority for installing software is by using packages
> and then
> > the ports collection. If the package dependencies do not have a
> package,
> > I'll download those dependencies using the ports collection. My
> questions
> > are:-
> > 1. Is it safe for me to mix the packages and ports systems?
>
> Yes, so long as you're careful not to install multiple versions of a
> package.
>
> > 2. I have these 2 entries when I do a # pkg_info
> > png-1.0.10
> > png-1.0.7
> > Do I need to delete the older png-1.0.7? Will the deletion cause
> other
> > applications to fail?
>
> I'd say yes to the first; others may say no. Definitely yes to the
> second. To delete it safely, delete them both, then reinstall the one
> you want to keep.
>
> > 3. After using the Ports Collection to install software, are the
> software
> > added to the packages system? (i.e. when I do a # pkg_info , will
> the
> > software be shown in this output)?
>
> Yes.
>
> <mike
> --
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