Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:23:25 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Combining pkg and "traditional ports" --> spam Message-ID: <20140115142325.4f7c20e6@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <20140115063634.d6d26d51.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20140115063634.d6d26d51.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Hi, I just noticed a new method spammers are using. I have answered to this e-mail and get then from outside the mailing list spam to the account I use at the mailing list. Of course, this means that some people are harvesting now addresses in real-time and send out spam. As nobody knows the address of the harvester, not much can be done. Did anybody else notice this? Erich On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:36:34 +0100 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > With the upcoming OS standardization on pkg (pkgng) following > the abolishment of the pkg_* toolset I'd like to ask questions > to those who already actively use pkg and have probably encountered > and solved the same "problems" that I'll be expecting: > > There are two cases where a binary package can't be used: > > a) There is no package. > > Not all ports have equivalent packages. For example, I've seen > this recently for OpenArena. In this case, compiling is needed > (and even switching to gcc instead of clang, OS v10-RC2). Another > example is a localize OpenOffice / maybe LibreOffice. > > How is this handled when a pkg-based "upgrade all" is performed? > > b) The default options of the package can't be used. > > My favourite example is mplayer (including all imaginable > codecs as well as mencoder and additionally the gmplayer > and gmencoder X applications), but it could also apply for > a HAL-less X and HAL-less applications. But also OpenOffice > can be considered again, a localized version (german) with > dependencies for KDE, Gnome and CUPS deactivated (because I > don't use those). > > Can those be protected from being overwritten? > > Is there even a method of saying, like, "use binary packages > to upgrade everything excepts ports 'foo', 'bar', 'meow' and > 'moo', compile those, but make sure their dependencies are > installed via packages when they are available and apply"? > > > > From my experience so far, pkg works really great. I'd just > like to know how it can be used in the few cases where the > exceptions need to be made intendedly. > >
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