Re: [Fwd: Re: package vs ports question]

[Norberto Meijome]

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:15:07 -0400
Duane Whitty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Does the installation process install any package that may be
> overriden by any port?

yes. for example ,you select to install bash-3 from sysinstall ( " the
freebsd installer UI" ). this reads and installs the package
bash-3.x.y.z.tbz from somewhere in your selected setup origin (DVD /
CD / FTP / NFS).

I assume you would also install the ports collection and keep it up to
date (keeping a system up to date without the actual ports collection
in /usr/ports is , I guess, doable...though i've never done it, and I
dont see why I would want to, unless i'm in dire need of space).

Anyway, you update your ports, and you learn that bas-3.x.(y+1).b is
out. You can now install this new version from a package by either:
 a) downloading the package by hand and using 
   pkg_add /path/to/package/file 
 b) portupgrade -PP bash

Or you can install this from source, by doing either of:
 a) cd /usr/ports/shells/bash ; make install clean
 or
 b) portupgrade shells/bash

The option I've been using lately is a mix of both - use the package if
available (locally or from remote site); if not avail, build from
source and generate a package (so I can reinstall as needed in
other/same box):
 portupgrade -pP shells/bash

or

 cd /usr/ports/shells/bash ; make ; make deinstall ; make package
clean

 ( package generation doesnt work for ALL ports, but the vast
majority would be ok. For example ,Adobe Acrobate cannot be
redistributed in binary form, so a package cannot be generated. the
process will still work)

HIH,
Beto
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Re: [Fwd: Re: package vs ports question]

[Duane Whitty]

Duane Whitty wrote:



 Original Message 
Subject: Re: package vs ports question
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:57:04 -0300
From: Luiz Eduardo Guida Valmont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Duane Whitty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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And I also have a question regarding this matter. :)

When I installed FreeBSD (6.1-BETA4, though I don't think version
makes any difference here), I chose "User" in one of initial screens
(I can't remember which one that was now, sorry). That pre-selected a
handfull of software to be installed. I have always used ports since
FreeBSD was installed. But...

Does the installation process install any package that may be
overriden by any port?


Hi,

I am sorry but I do not understand what you are trying to ask.  Are you 
asking

if  using the ports system will change any software you installed when you
first installed FreeBSD?

I want to make sure that myself and others who may try to answer your 
question

understand what it is you are asking.

Sincerely,

--Duane


On 3/27/06, Duane Whitty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Huy Ton That wrote:
> I am curious, the key different between packages and ports are that
packages
> are precompiled and ports are not?  Am I erroneous in this 
statement?  I'm

a
> little confused as I have been always using make install clean from 
the

> ports and don't see the difference...  Has anyone else had the same
> question?
>
> -Lee
> _
>
Hi,

Your best bet is to read the handbook section
on packages and ports.  To answer your question
though, yes packages are pre-built and ports need
to be compiled, linked, etc from sources.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html

--Duane
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