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Date:      Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:02:24 +0000
From:      James <oscartheduck@gmail.com>
To:        "Jonathan Chen" <jonc@chen.org.nz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portupgrade questions
Message-ID:  <d59e90ab0711060702g152c844wd5aa55d6c77f1233@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20071106081625.GC46733@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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On Nov 6, 2007 8:16 AM, Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> wrote:

> 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
>



I really should rephrase what I said, because you're both right and I knew
you were right.

*I* can't mix packages and ports, because *I* can't be bothered keeping
track of things.



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