Re: Question on packages and ports (and versions)

2010-06-11 Thread Antonio Vieiro
Hi, Ah, I see. So if I need a more advanced version of some software, that has been installed as a package, I can use portupgrade (or other port management tools) to upgrade the package to a port. Am I right? Thanks, Antonio (As a newbie I'm somewhat concerned about keeping consistency between

Re: Question on packages and ports (and versions)

2010-06-11 Thread Eitan Adler
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Antonio Vieiro anto...@antonioshome.net wrote: Hi, Ah, I see. So if I need a more advanced version of some software, that has been installed as a package, I can use portupgrade (or other port management tools) to upgrade the package to a port. Am I right?

Question on packages and ports (and versions)

2010-06-10 Thread Antonio Vieiro
Hi all, I can't find an answer to this question, so I decided to post here. Since I'm not very good at english let me ask this with an example. I assume that packages and ports may have different versions of the same software (am I right?) so, for instance, if you install gnome with packages you

Re: Question on packages and ports (and versions)

2010-06-10 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 04:58:56PM +0200, Antonio Vieiro wrote: Hi all, I can't find an answer to this question, so I decided to post here. Since I'm not very good at english let me ask this with an example. I assume that packages and ports may have different versions of the same software