Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:41:05 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Reko Turja <reko.turja@liukuma.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Charles Farinella <cfarinella@appropriatesolutions.com> Subject: Re: automatically starting PostgreSQL Message-ID: <46119491.3050505@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <01e901c77560$cdec15a0$0a0aa8c0@rivendell> References: <46113D03.6000604@appropriatesolutions.com><20070402120758.M34595@wonkity.com> <461154E9.8030208@appropriatesolutions.com> <01e901c77560$cdec15a0$0a0aa8c0@rivendell>
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Reko Turja wrote: > Ports are not to be mixed with packages. If you are using "ports" and "packages" solely in "FreeBSD Terms", then this isn't correct*. Once installed, there is no/little-if-any difference; /var/db/pkg is common to both, and the standard package tools operate equally well for upgrading and/or de-installation. I'm not trying to stomp anyone, but this is an area that confused me Once Upon A Time, and we don't do anyone any favors by continuing to propagate this statement as an axiom. Kevin Kinsey *I'm ready to accept responses from a superior intellect who says I'm wrong, but I really don't think so in this case. -- Death has been proven to be 99% fatal in laboratory rats.
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