Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:07:59 +0100 From: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> To: Albert Shih <Albert.Shih@obspm.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg or ports. Message-ID: <20140218190759.44d565ee@baby-jane.lamaiziere.net> In-Reply-To: <20140218170142.GA78433@pcjas.obspm.fr> References: <20140218170142.GA78433@pcjas.obspm.fr>
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Le Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:01:42 +0100, Albert Shih <Albert.Shih@obspm.fr> a =E9crit : Hello, > I'm little lost since FreeBSD introduce pkgng. >=20 > Should I use pkgng or the ports (like I did before ?) This is two differents things, ports build packages and pkg manages the packages. You can use both. > My server is manage through puppet, so I would like to use pkg for > some =AB=A0basic =BB packages (like bash, vim etc..) but want ports system > for important thing (like postgresql-server) because I can tune the > option.=20 I suggest to use poudriere to build your own packages (using your options). Then it is very easy to upgrade a full machine with pkg upgrade -f And you are sur that the packages set is consistant. > But in that way how I manage to maintaint up2date ALL packages ?=20 poudriere and pkg :-) Regards.
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