From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 12:50:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79AF1410 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2014 12:50:56 +0000 (UTC) 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 3EE03120A for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2014 12:50:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.27] (rbn1-216-180-19-34.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.34]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s83Corfm017652 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2014 07:50:54 -0500 Message-ID: <54071024.1010904@hiwaay.net> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:57:08 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: persisting pkg questions .... References: <540617CF.2080602@hiwaay.net> <54062D90.3020506@club-internet.fr> <540689B7.9000006@hiwaay.net> <5406BDDC.1080205@club-internet.fr> In-Reply-To: <5406BDDC.1080205@club-internet.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:50:56 -0000 On 09/03/14 02:06, Juan Ramón Molina Menor wrote: >> I am using pkg whenever possible, in preference to ports, however, there >> are a few things that require ports (flash plugin for browsers, for >> example) .... seems unavoidable. Is there a way to work around this >> issue ? > > I don’t see the issue: upgrade your packages when they become > available in the official repositories (once a week) and the > non-redistributable (i.e. Flash) or customized ports whenever they are > updated. If you are careful and know what you are doing, you can mix > them. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > That's what I thought I did (tried to upgrade pkg's Monday), but it didn't work :-) .... Obviously, being a noob to FBSD, I don't know what I am doing, that's why I am posting the question :-) .... Could you be more specific about that weekly upgrade process ? Are there any order-of-op'ns issues, i.e. do pkg's 1st, then ports, for example (I updated ports 1st, then (tried to upgrade) pkg's) .... Any specifics would be helpful .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.