Fwd: package vs ports question

2006-03-27 Thread Luiz Eduardo Guida Valmont
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

Re: Fwd: package vs ports question

2006-03-27 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:57:49 -0300 Luiz Eduardo Guida Valmont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the answer. I just hope I'm not messing things too much. np :) So if a port may override a package, a port and a package are the same thing, in a different form :). the tree structure under

Re: Fwd: package vs ports question

2006-03-27 Thread Kevin Kinsey
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

Re: Fwd: package vs ports question

2006-03-27 Thread RW
On Monday 27 March 2006 14:20, Norberto Meijome wrote: make package will actually make the package and install it for you, you dont need to do a pkg_add after that (yes, a bit counter-intuitive, but really handy) Make package creates a package out of an installed port (it will install the

Re: Fwd: package vs ports question

2006-03-27 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Monday 27 March 2006 09:26, Kevin Kinsey wrote: 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

Re: Fwd: package vs ports question

2006-03-27 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Monday 27 March 2006 09:49, RW wrote: On Monday 27 March 2006 14:20, Norberto Meijome wrote: make package will actually make the package and install it for you, you dont need to do a pkg_add after that (yes, a bit counter-intuitive, but really handy) Make package creates a package out

Re: Fwd: package vs ports question

2006-03-27 Thread RW
On Monday 27 March 2006 17:02, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Monday 27 March 2006 09:49, RW wrote: On Monday 27 March 2006 14:20, Norberto Meijome wrote: make package will actually make the package and install it for you, you dont need to do a pkg_add after that (yes, a bit