From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 10 02:01:24 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC227A67 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:01:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A42172266 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:01:24 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=pzecIX7K0EkwaPgY4mtj6vfPzVUyCwyVeE9fm2fc/FY=; b=ZgAGMDz/b7wYba9NmxlecilS2ekZLy2FWSxq50EDJa28gTyiHZGiJ9YUYIHG1ghpnCBF+9CEpMLhReHpA4l0MEy+iXFPuTA0SkrrdLJ4Wzi5sJe7SZYn8mvC5fRz2ICZGw6CjwZLr0V2yy8cJbXK2/dESo9tpzLH9nxLnZmsOpA=; Received: from [182.0.177.130] (port=33509 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1X53fm-001VOC-Gz; Wed, 09 Jul 2014 20:01:23 -0600 Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 10:01:18 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: rvclayton@acm.org (R. Clayton) Subject: Re: Reconfiguring a package and other questions. Message-ID: <20140710100118.4e0b1ba7@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <8738eaochn.fsf@UlanBator.myhome.westell.com> References: <8738eaochn.fsf@UlanBator.myhome.westell.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:01:24 -0000 Hi, On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:03:48 -0400 rvclayton@acm.org (R. Clayton) wrote: > it as a port with appropriate configuration. This works, but raises you said it. You did some configuration. A packages always comes with the default configuration of the port. > the question of consistency between ports and packages. What is the > relation between the software in ports and the software in packages? > Have I just introduced an error (or potential for error) that will > come back and bite me hard six months after I've forgotten what I've > done? > The moment you have to use a single port with your specific configuration, I would recommend to use the ports for all the software you need. If you can run a system which matches 100% the defaults, you can stick with the packages or the effort to find out of the consequences will exceed the effort to use ports. This made me to stick with ports since many, many years. Even if I install sometimes a machine with the packages, I move it later always to the ports. Erich