From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 30 11:54:10 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A431990382 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2015 11:54:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=6165262b9=a@jenisch.at) Received: from mgaterz2.oekb.co.at (mgaterz2.oekb.co.at [143.245.5.112]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mgaterz1.oekb.co.at", Issuer "Symantec Class 3 Secure Server CA - G4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A58CD1BDC for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2015 11:54:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=6165262b9=a@jenisch.at) Received: from exchhubcas1.oekb.co.at ([143.245.3.64]) by mgaterz2.oekb.co.at with ESMTP/TLS/AES128-SHA; 30 Jun 2015 13:52:56 +0200 Received: from aurora.oekb.co.at (143.245.9.16) by internal-relay-exchhubcas1.oekb.co.at (143.245.3.65) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.3.210.2; Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:52:55 +0200 Received: from aurora.oekb.co.at (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aurora.oekb.co.at (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t5UBr3X2001344; Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:53:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from a@jenisch.at) Received: (from ej@localhost) by aurora.oekb.co.at (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t5UBr3JH001343; Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:53:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from a@jenisch.at) X-Authentication-Warning: aurora.oekb.co.at: ej set sender to a@jenisch.at using -f Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:53:03 +0200 From: Ewald Jenisch To: Subject: Mix'n'match between packages an ports? Message-ID: <20150630115303.GA1331@aurora.oekb.co.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 11:54:10 -0000 Hi, Having run FreeBSD for some years historically I used the "build from source"-method in order to install/upgrade ports - i.e. "make && make install" and "portupgrade" respectively. Since the package system has gotten much better of the years, I decided to go for the binary way of installing/upgrading on recent installations, i.e. "pkg ...". Now on one of these recent machines I've got to install a port that needs some configuration when building, so installing that particular program from source would be better. Here's my question: Is a "mix and match" between binary and source-installation (pkg.. vs. "make / portupgrade") possible on the same machine, or is it one or the other? Any experience with that? Caveats any? Thanks much in advance for your help, -ewald