Luiz Eduardo Guida Valmont wrote:
Thanks for the answer. I just hope I'm not messing things too much.
So if a port may override a package, is the only solution to this
generate a package then install it? Now if this happens, what will
happen for example (supposing I install everything from packages - or
"make package" then pkg_add for that matter) when I install Adobe
Acrobat? Are all its dependancies going to be installed as well? I
mean, ports doesn't "know" which packages were installed by pkg_add,
which is how I suppose those packages are installed. Sorry if I cannot
make myself clear enough, but there's still the fog that blinds
newbies like me. :)
Sorry if I'm interjecting stupid stuff here .. . haven't yet backtracked
this thread.
What exactly do you mean, "ports doesn't *know* which packages
were installed by pkg_add" ... they use the same database, and as
far as the ports(7) mechanism is concerned, they are the same thing.
The difference is in the details visible to the user; as far as the ports
system is concerned, files is files, and port/package data is data.
Is it possible to generate packages for all the dependancies? Does
"make package" do this for all packages for which a package can be
created? I hope I won't need to reinstall them but you know... you
never know. :)
'make package' should include all dependencies, by my understanding;
however, my understanding isn't the greatest, so YMMV.
Thanks again...
HTH,
KDK
--
A drama critic is a person who surprises a playwright by informing him
what he meant.
-- Wilson Mizner
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