Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 22:34:35 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1017977276.02fe2d@mired.org> Cc: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org>, Zach Barnett <zpb@hotmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Packages and Ports [pkg vs portupgrade?] Message-ID: <20020331033435.930E3BA05@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <15526.33340.92839.452773@guru.mired.org> References: <20020329204644.V81735-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20020330221500.95097BA05@i8k.babbleon.org> <15526.33340.92839.452773@guru.mired.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Saturday 30 March 2002 10:27 pm, Mike Meyer wrote:
| In <20020330221500.95097BA05@i8k.babbleon.org>, Brian T.Schellenberger
<bts@babbleon.org> typed:
| > On Saturday 30 March 2002 01:57 pm, Mike Meyer wrote:
| > | In <20020330135112.AA22EBA05@i8k.babbleon.org>, Brian T.Schellenberger
| >
| > <bts@babbleon.org> typed:
| > | > The only reason I can think of to do things the "traditional" Unix
| > | > way is if the port isn't getting a recent enough version of the
| > | > software or is somehow broken.
| > |
| > | How about if you want to know how to install the software in question
| > | on a non-FreeBSD machine?
| >
| > Ummm . . . did you get off at the wrong universe?
| >
| > Well, the original question was about packages and ports.
| > And this *is* a FreeBSD mailing list.
| > I think a context was implied here.
|
| Right. We're talking about reasons for wanting to install from the
| tarball on a FreeBSD machine which as a port. Having easy access to a
| FreeBSD machine but wanting to know how to deal with some software on
| non-freebsd machines isn't unheard of. Especially if you make a living
| helping people with that other software, and don't want to limit your
| people running it on FreeBSD.
|
| > Besides, don't think that packages would work very well on a non-FreeBSD
| > machine, either.
|
| Correct. That's when you want to know how to install it from the
| tarball. Just because the port exists doesn't mean you can't do that
| on a FreeBSD machine.
|
| > | I'd also add wanting a different
| > | configuration than any you can get with the port, as it's not clear
| > | that that qualifies as "somehow broken".
| >
| > I was *discussing* how to use ports to get a different configuration than
| > you can install with a port.
| > I don't think you read my original mail very carefully.
|
| I don't think you read my reply very carefully. Or would you care to
| explain how to get my favorited configuration of Apache - which uses
| the python module, a postgress authentication module, with dynamic
| module loading turned off - to build from ports?
I already have. Use the ports to "build patch" so that you get the soruce
downloaded and patched automatically; then change to the work directory and
continue as you would with a straight tarball install, only now you've
already had handy FreeBSD patches installed.
Which is, of course, exactly what my first mail message said. Are you *sure*
you read it?
|
| <mike
--
Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work)
Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal)
ME --> http://www.babbleon.org
http://www.eff.org <-- GOOD GUYS --> http://www.programming-freedom.org
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020331033435.930E3BA05>