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Date:      Mon, 7 Dec 2015 10:54:18 -0500 (EST)
From:      Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org>
To:        Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [Phishing]Re: Migrating to FreeBSD from Debian
Message-ID:  <alpine.LRH.2.11.1512071051450.29221@sas1.nber.org>
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On Mon, 7 Dec 2015, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

>> But we should warn then about not mixing ports & packages. I agree,
>> pkg is a good choice [when pkg only].
>
> That's gradually become a much smaller issue than it used to be.

What does the warning mean? That once I have installed a single package I 
can never use ports? So if I want a port, and already have packages, I 
have to uninstall all of the packages first and can never in the future 
install any package? That seems extreme. Or is there a less restrictive 
interpretation that is more correct?

daniel feenberg
NBER



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