From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Dec 7 16:16:27 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 45C149B91E6 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 16:16:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15DC91C96 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 16:16:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (dynamic-216-186-213-32.knology.net [216.186.213.32] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id tB7GGO1L003761 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 10:16:25 -0600 Subject: Re: [Phishing]Re: Migrating to FreeBSD from Debian References: <86poyiuynx.fsf@gmail.com> <56659FC8.8020904@FreeBSD.org> <444mfujmpd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "William A. Mahaffey III" Message-ID: <5665B0D8.5050300@hiwaay.net> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 10:21:54 -0553.75 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:16:27 -0000 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.