Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 17:37:38 -0500 From: "Jay Oliver" <kythorn@scorched.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: How to manage "packages" after installation, that were installed DURING installation Message-ID: <005d01bf8885$bf4fa900$2260e4d0@CHAOS>
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I realize this is going to sound like a stupid question, but how do you manage "packages" (ports?) that you install as part of the installation process, and not afterwards IE, picking one of the install choices that installs tcl, Xwindows, and all other sorts of goodies.. I am just curious as to how you would manipulate/remove these. You can do this with the pkg_* tools if you install it as a package or a port AFTER installation.. and SOME things I believe in installation are registered with the pkg tools (IE, linux_base)but a majority of things that ARE available in the ports section (TCL, XFree86, etc), if you choose to install these as part of the actual installation process, you have no way to be dealing with them afterwards, and aren't a part of the "core"? FreeBSD distribution, and updated by tracking -stable -current (perl IS handled in this fashion I believe). I may be totally missing a really large point somewhere, but it seems to me they just become orphans.. and you can't even tell they are there without actively searching for what files are on your system. Is there any way to deal with this manner of programs that don't get registered anywhere? - Jay Oliver To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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