On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Justin C. Sherrill wrote: > On Sun, October 11, 2009 1:34 pm, Saifi Khan wrote: > > > If one is working with a daily snapshot version, what is the > > recommended way to pull in binary packages eg. editor, debugger, > > irc client etc ? > > > > or is it like, > > lets say i'm using 20091015 snapshot and since 2.4.1 was > > released on 20090930, hence one can use binary packages for 2.4 > > ? > > > > i'm leaning towards asking if there is something like a > > 'current' binary pkgsrc build envisaged or one should pull in > > the pkgsrc-2009Q3 meta package (FreeBSD ports of Gentoo portage > > like) and compile out the stuff one needs. > > If you look at avalon.dragonflybsd.org, you will see there's directories > by architecture (i386 or amd64) and version (DragonFly-2.2, DragonFly-2.4, > etc.) In general, you can use the number you see from uname -r as a > guide. What you have installed should say something like 2.4 or 2.4.0, so > the 2.4 packages will work. 2.4.1 packages are also acceptable. > > Packages will generally work, even if it was built for a different > release. Occasionally there are version differences that will affect > that, like between 2.3.0 and 2.3.1, but those are an exception rather than > the rule. Some of the material on avalon is actually built for other > versions, and the separate directories are just linked together. > > pkg_radd will automatically go to the right directory and download the > appropriate software for you. e.g. 'pkg_radd vim'. You may get a warning > that the software was built for 2.4.1 and you are on 2.4.0 or something > similar, but it's a harmless warning. > > The 'stable' link in each directory goes to the newest set of quarterly > packages available; I'm not building pkgsrc-current right now. I (or > someone) may in the future; quarterly releases usually have the most > working packages so those are the best first targets. > >
Justin thank you for taking out time to highlight that quarterly pkgsrc binary build have the best chance of compatibility and stability. Your mail would be a great reference for many a newbie like me, who are migrating from portage, pacman or ports. thanks Saifi.
