Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 21:16:25 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: James <oscartheduck@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade questions Message-ID: <20071106081625.GC46733@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <d59e90ab0711051618o551e4d60r9cffa03ef1be577c@mail.gmail.com> References: <BAY114-W1198B68AE765DD630D744BBB8F0@phx.gbl> <20071105135017.76a2c48a@meijome.net> <20071105070952.50ba2f37@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <000c01c81f93$344c2c40$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> <472EEDAD.4060409@gmail.com> <472F6AE2.8080608@gmail.com> <d59e90ab0711051618o551e4d60r9cffa03ef1be577c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 12:18:01AM +0000, James wrote: [...] > So you don't need to uninstall pkgs before starting to use ports, but you > can't go back once you've started using them. That's not true. Packages are just precompiled ports, and you can mix and match if you know what you're doing. If you keep to one particular update interface that can support using packages, eg: portupgrade, you should be fine. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work." - Robert Frost
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