Sean Murphy wrote:
I like to use the pkg_add -r feature of FreeBSD, however I have run into
a problem where the ports have a more current version of the app then
the package of the same app.
It seems the ports collection is updated more then the package
collection is this true?
Yes. Packages are built from ports, so you can expect the ports
collection version to be as current or more current than the
available packages.
Is the maintainer of a package and a port the same person? Are they
responsible for updating the package and the port?
I don't believe so, or at least it's not a requirement that I know
of. All maintainers are volunteers, and the load of maintaining the
port and building and distributing packages is typically distributed
over many volunteers.
Packages will download dependencys required by the app does the ports do
this as well?
I think this depends on the options that you specify (for either
packages or ports). Typically, though -- yes, building a port will
automatically build the dependencies.
More about packages & ports can be found in Chap. 4 of the Handbook:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html
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