Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 16:12:43 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Phishing]Re: Migrating to FreeBSD from Debian Message-ID: <5665AFFB.9070407@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.11.1512071051450.29221@sas1.nber.org> References: <CAO-kBwffucnPVphm_ajbtAejjFiAv_Cp%2Bv7jZ-xCTX7YTqk36w@mail.gmail.com> <86poyiuynx.fsf@gmail.com> <CAA2O=b_p-HPx%2BpPyFOgJMe02d5xrJe_aXJ8ZG9z%2BdHZCNwh91Q@mail.gmail.com> <56659FC8.8020904@FreeBSD.org> <CAA2O=b-dQMpnq=nJ6RMSvwBCa4kP4PB2k4c7nbTVrwtQkzStBg@mail.gmail.com> <444mfujmpd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <alpine.LRH.2.11.1512071051450.29221@sas1.nber.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --2pkQBVAcM9t2fJcqCvsnAsl1qToLcOvrx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2015/12/07 15:54, Daniel Feenberg wrote: > What does the warning mean? That once I have installed a single package= > I can never use ports? So if I want a port, and already have packages, = I > have to uninstall all of the packages first and can never in the future= > install any package? That seems extreme. Or is there a less restrictive= > interpretation that is more correct? Usually the reason for mixing ports and packages is because you want something compiled with non-default options. The difficulty arises when you find that despite all your best intentions, you end up with the default package anyhow, or you end up installing all the dependencies for the default package and not the ones for your customized version, or you end up installing a lot of build dependency things you didn't really want. And then when you go to upgrade, it breaks all over again in similar but not exactly the same way= s. It's loss of control which is the problem. You may be lucky in that it 'just works' with your customizations, or it may become a nightmare of dependency hell from which all right-thinking sysadmins would run away, screaming. Cheers, Matthew --2pkQBVAcM9t2fJcqCvsnAsl1qToLcOvrx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJWZbACXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQxOUYxNTRFQ0JGMTEyRTUwNTQ0RTNGMzAw MDUxM0YxMEUwQTlFNEU3AAoJEABRPxDgqeTnNkwQAIQBN6r3FIGFrGzU50HYTLAJ m4LS0JETCRvIVTFFKLBLEq2QzjJGe4a1mhi6rIf+P0XruuYpOr0uarBbmAEu10fM 9WQpQuoKoaX7f19YKi7Qr7nVl7XXu10DeydYHNWoIvSQ3glLdSMzV8pVdC56dW+k faWNGUB/ffVFFhDccP6PWpCMHe6UvacNMR8QBReh6SLJecxzwcgUH+HYiWe15rwI ZZgrHFLnmZAz0M1txJeSlwbU01oBJCHg+yCHXTmiK6FfXDxV13S/rsj/jZnoExCX 7cwkZTesOFUqEKGmhGfXxsPfyNh2WETUvsCLn/OmLRn6l8QIgonUJywfbX6a14H1 MXiTOu67Y9/0KbB8HvG2OzQw4jPSj2QTr9rYuDuUFjZDoh7i6RTXzC0xONAvDMIq rHDsqsi4WHfd7USTcIn5ElqBFuLcua2SYZy0W//nXxdv9NY0lSIzcuE73kkd/0ZX doGERTL5GP05hp4Gvkp/f7t8i7NlJvAQWQvOYq3LqzZKDH84HEdoxPNf3nOOWW1l NcMCla3CCh/12s40OsvZqrXYOVpmM4uf4ZxzuUbNuk39YA/PFXJm35xHvnI9nH7U PBsR9MnWxIBiP+vC4ryr5EZurRSZZI9y1Un+ZMRTYoEZiO5wwIgZ743S+u1SA5X/ SPc8b/g2f39T4w+Ki00R =+1qN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2pkQBVAcM9t2fJcqCvsnAsl1qToLcOvrx--
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