Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 21:27:56 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1017977276.02fe2d@mired.org> To: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.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: <15526.33340.92839.452773@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020330221500.95097BA05@i8k.babbleon.org> References: <20020329204644.V81735-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20020330135112.AA22EBA05@i8k.babbleon.org> <15526.2692.417612.726821@guru.mired.org> <20020330221500.95097BA05@i8k.babbleon.org>
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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? <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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