Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:58:12 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Combining pkg and "traditional ports" Message-ID: <20140115135812.7863d575@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <20140115063634.d6d26d51.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20140115063634.d6d26d51.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Hi, On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:36:34 +0100 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > With the upcoming OS standardization on pkg (pkgng) following > the abolishment of the pkg_* toolset I'd like to ask questions did I get something wrong or does this only affects the binary 'distribution'? As long as the ports are in place, png should have no impact on them. But if you upgrade your system using packages, you will overwrite whatever is on the system and might destroy parts of it as the binary installed uses the wrong options. Erich
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