From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 26 19: 2:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kramer.thekramers.net (dsl092-068-235.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.68.235]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 794C637E2DB for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 18:48:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (david@localhost) by kramer.thekramers.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g5R1mZF13514 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 21:48:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 21:48:35 -0400 (EDT) From: David Kramer To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD, Linux or Solaris In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Jon Noack wrote: > > 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: > 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. SWEET! Thanks. --- DDDD David Kramer http://thekramers.net DK KD "In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit DKK D the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to DK KD live in a world that no longer exists." DDDD - Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message