Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 18:06:22 +0100 From: Niklaas Baudet von Gersdorff <stdin@niklaas.eu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: After perl upgrade: "Can't locate XML/Parser.pm in @INC" Message-ID: <20161109170622.ssatt5vdemaarrbi@box-hlm-03.niklaas.eu> In-Reply-To: <f4df4bb7-06b0-bd10-1ac1-e54cdbd4847d@FreeBSD.org> References: <20161109144002.6uu3t6hbdcjafuav@box-hlm-03.niklaas.eu> <f4df4bb7-06b0-bd10-1ac1-e54cdbd4847d@FreeBSD.org>
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Matthew Seaman [2016-11-09 15:35 +0000] :
> It is possible to use multiple repositories with pkg, but that doesn't
> mean you can mix any arbitrary set of repositories. In particular, if
> you mix a repository build against a current version of the ports tree
> against one of the quarterly packages sets then the fact that you can
> end up with different versions of the same package in each repository
> does tend to have undesirable effects.
>=20
> Multiple repo support works best when both repos are using essentially
> the same copy of the ports tree, and you use one to provide and overlay
> for certain packages with non-default options settings. If one of your
> repositories is the default quarterly package set, then I'd recommend
> checking out the appropriate SVN branch for any package sets you build
> yourself.
OK. Thanks a lot for your thorough explanation!
Niklaas
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