On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:32:58 +1000 "sAndri Kok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I got some questions about ports. Say If I have 2 identical machines. > 1 machine running FreeBSD-4.8 and the other is running FreeBSD-5.2.1. > I run cvsup on both machines using the default ports supfile given in > > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile which points to the same > cvsup mirror. Will I then get the same ports on both of the machines? >
You will get the same ports skeleton (files in /usr/ports/*). > Are there newer aplications that cannot run on the 4.8 machine? Yes. > And if I do get the same ports, can I build it as a package on 1 machine > and then install it on the other? No. $ diff /usr/ports/INDEX /usr/ports/INDEX-5 -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
