Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 21:55:36 +0200 From: Gregory Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Cc: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>, Jos Chrispijn <bsdports@cloudzeeland.nl> Subject: Re: Ports vs packages Message-ID: <20180826195536.GQ78383@v1.leiden.byshenk.net> In-Reply-To: <b4ddac60-806a-31a5-7c1e-28f3f2511087@cloudzeeland.nl> References: <5e365091-6889-2f65-78ac-637a7155733a@cloudzeeland.nl> <9ff8da9a-8905-8b05-564a-a56cfb6da6af@nomadlogic.org> <b4ddac60-806a-31a5-7c1e-28f3f2511087@cloudzeeland.nl>
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On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 01:01:24PM +0200, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > On 26-8-2018 2:07, Pete Wright wrote: > > one thing i do for my systems is if there is an update to a port i > > need/want to test before the official build cluster is done is run a > > "make package" in the port directory.? then i can install the updated > > code as a pkg for future upgrade convenience.? this works great for > > ports without many external dependencies at build-time, not so much > > when things like llvm need to be build ;) > > I did that once myself but ended in total chaos because I found out that > using ports and packages next to each other is not a good marriage. > Port options that may have been enabled may be overuled by packages > (which are always built using the default options). Not for a specific > port but with regards to the depencies is will us (and which may already > been installed as packages). > > I am quite a nub on this, so perhaps the problems were otherwise. Since > I completely switched to packages, these issues are gone. If you are using packages by default, then this shouldn't really be a problem. Your packages should have default options, so if you build one port - using the default options! - then there should be no serious conflict. At least when there are few/no dependencies, as Pete notes. Where you can get into problems is if you are building using ports by default, along with non-standard options, and then try to add packages. That can get very ugly. -- gregory byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL
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