From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 26 18:25:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from patriarch.dnsalias.org (adsl-66-136-23-175.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net [66.136.23.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B1B637C26F for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 16:39:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from compgeek ([127.0.0.1]) by patriarch.dnsalias.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:51:30 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Jon Noack" To: "David Kramer" , Subject: RE: FreeBSD, Linux or Solaris Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:51:30 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Jun 2002 20:51:30.0941 (UTC) FILETIME=[3FC8CAD0:01C21D53] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I thought ports and packages were two different things. But if packages > can me managed as explained above, and ports can be managed as explained > below, then my concerns are covered. pkg_delete works for both. Consider this: a package is just a precompiled port. After a port is compiled it is installed the exact same way as a package. They are registered in the port/package database the same. Thus, the same tools can be used. My lovely artwork: Port | Source | Binary -- Package | Install | Register Both packages and ports get you to the "Binary" stage. The process is the same after that. Both can then be treated as "packages", and you can use the "pkg_" tools on them. Hope that helps. Jon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message