Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 10:21:54 -0553.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Phishing]Re: Migrating to FreeBSD from Debian Message-ID: <5665B0D8.5050300@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.11.1512071051450.29221@sas1.nber.org> References: <CAO-kBwffucnPVphm_ajbtAejjFiAv_Cp%2Bv7jZ-xCTX7YTqk36w@mail.gmail.com> <86poyiuynx.fsf@gmail.com> <CAA2O=b_p-HPx%2BpPyFOgJMe02d5xrJe_aXJ8ZG9z%2BdHZCNwh91Q@mail.gmail.com> <56659FC8.8020904@FreeBSD.org> <CAA2O=b-dQMpnq=nJ6RMSvwBCa4kP4PB2k4c7nbTVrwtQkzStBg@mail.gmail.com> <444mfujmpd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <alpine.LRH.2.11.1512071051450.29221@sas1.nber.org>
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On 12/07/15 10:00, Daniel Feenberg wrote: > > > On Mon, 7 Dec 2015, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >>> But we should warn then about not mixing ports & packages. I agree, >>> pkg is a good choice [when pkg only]. >> >> That's gradually become a much smaller issue than it used to be. > > What does the warning mean? That once I have installed a single > package I can never use ports? So if I want a port, and already have > packages, I have to uninstall all of the packages first and can never > in the future install any package? That seems extreme. Or is there a > less restrictive interpretation that is more correct? > > daniel feenberg > NBER > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > My 1st hand experience has been that the last one wins. If you install a port, then do a pkg upgrade on that port/pkg *& a newer pkg exists*, it will overwrite your handiwork using ports, Same thing other way, AFAIK. In my case, I use portmaster to maintain libflash support for browsers, & there is no pkg available due to licensing issues, so I am OK. But you can wind up w/ unexpected results, mostly 'last one wins' overwrites if you aren't paying attention to what you are doing. Go w/ pkg & use ports when necessary or needed for machine-specific optimizations (for example). $0.02, no more, no less .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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