Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:25:52 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about packages and ports Message-ID: <ef10de9a05062711257a88c0b3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42C03E86.6090509@calarts.edu> References: <42C03E86.6090509@calarts.edu>
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On 6/27/05, Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> wrote: > I like to use the pkg_add -r feature of FreeBSD, however I have run into > a problem where the ports have a more current version of the app then > the package of the same app. >=20 > It seems the ports collection is updated more then the package > collection is this true? Yes >=20 > Is the maintainer of a package and a port the same person? Are they > responsible for updating the package and the port? Yes and No >=20 > Packages will download dependencys required by the app does the ports do > this as well? Yes --------------- On a similar note can someone remind me how to set the remote package site for pkg_add and portupgrade -P? I remember it had something to do with setenv but don't remember the variable it uses and I've never used the portupgrade -P option before.
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