Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 17:07:48 -0700 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: Jos Chrispijn <bsdports@cloudzeeland.nl>, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports vs packages Message-ID: <9ff8da9a-8905-8b05-564a-a56cfb6da6af@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <5e365091-6889-2f65-78ac-637a7155733a@cloudzeeland.nl> References: <5e365091-6889-2f65-78ac-637a7155733a@cloudzeeland.nl>
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On 8/25/18 4:29 AM, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > How many times is there between the release of a port and its package > - is that depending on the port maintainer? > one thing i do for my systems is if there is an update to a port i need/want to test before the official build cluster is done is run a "make package" in the port directory. then i can install the updated code as a pkg for future upgrade convenience. this works great for ports without many external dependencies at build-time, not so much when things like llvm need to be build ;) -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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