Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 09:54:55 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> Cc: Matthew Petach <mpetach@yahoo.com>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Impossible to build MongoDB44 on FreeBSD 12.4? Message-ID: <CAAdA2WOFMf5Gz5FAdOnc--=13-SR-Ojt6xw2u=aP%2BUvnsP_Hpw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <bceea6e4-ce10-4696-3d0b-911a829716a6@tinka.africa> References: <262989174.2467990.1685491667239.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <262989174.2467990.1685491667239@mail.yahoo.com> <73fa2549-a936-a70d-4039-329d3358c9c1@tinka.africa> <1116748867.2507770.1685510371031@mail.yahoo.com> <bceea6e4-ce10-4696-3d0b-911a829716a6@tinka.africa>
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--00000000000054586c05fcf7ce2d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 9:41=E2=80=AFAM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrot= e: > > > On 5/31/23 07:19, Matthew Petach wrote: > > > Hi Mark, > > I was rather hoping to avoid mixing one pre-built package with > dependencies on > older versions of packages on a system with everything else built from th= e > ports tree, > but I may not have much of a choice. :( > > > I have found myself having to do that from time to time, for various > reasons, e.g., disk space issues with large builds, odd breakage when > building from Ports that no amount of troubleshooting can fix, e.t.c. > > At least FreeBSD gives you both options, so you don't have to rebuild you= r > entire system from scratch to fix weirdness. > > Mark. > The moment you do "pkg install foo" and you're prompted with a list of pkgs to be installed, upgraded and reinstalled and you do not want a single one of them except "foo", then you go crying! --=20 Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' =C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] --00000000000054586c05fcf7ce2d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">= <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 9:41=E2=80=AF= AM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg= b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> =20 =20 =20 <div> <br> <br> <div>On 5/31/23 07:19, Matthew Petach wrote:<br> <br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> =20 <div style=3D"font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,= sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <div><br> </div> <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Mark,</div> <div dir=3D"ltr"><br> </div> <div dir=3D"ltr">I was rather hoping to avoid mixing one pre-built package with dependencies on=C2=A0</div> <div dir=3D"ltr">older versions of packages on a system with everything else built from the ports tree,=C2=A0</d= iv> <div dir=3D"ltr">but I may not have much of a choice.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 :(</div> </div> </blockquote> <br> I have found myself having to do that from time to time, for various reasons, e.g., disk space issues with large builds, odd breakage when building from Ports that no amount of troubleshooting can fix, e.t.c.<br> <br> At least FreeBSD gives you both options, so you don't have to rebuild your entire system from scratch to fix weirdness.<br> <br> Mark.<br> </div> </blockquote></div><div><br></div>The moment you do "pkg install foo&q= uot; and you're prompted with a list of pkgs to be installed, upgraded = and reinstalled and you do not want a single one of them except "foo&q= uot;, then you go crying!<br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div><span class=3D"gm= ail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signatu= re"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHIN= GTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>"<span sty= le=3D"font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8p= x">",=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">egrep -v '^$|^.= *#'=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"background-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb= (238,238,238);font-family:"Lucida Console",Consolas,"Courier= New",monospace;font-size:13.6px">=C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF</span><s= pan style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0:-)</span></div><div><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:12.8px">[How to ask smart questions:=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"fon= t-size:12.8px"><a href=3D"http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm= l" target=3D"_blank">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>= ]</span></div></div></div></div></div> --00000000000054586c05fcf7ce2d--
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