On Friday 06 Oct 2017 00:29:17 tech-lists wrote: > I'd use packages more were it not for the received wisdom that mixing > packages and ports is a Bad Thing (tm) - is this still the case?
The main thing is to keep your ports tree synchronised with the version used for the package repository. I find that the script at https://gist.github.com/reedacartwright/8622973baf89b263a6d7 is a useful tool for this. The script hasn't been updated beyond 10.x-RELEASE so if you're running 11.x- RELEASE you need to patch the script by adding the following line: 110amd64-default) PKG_SERVER=beefy9.nyi.freebsd.org ;; If only pkg could be made to report the revision number of the ports tree it was built from we wouldn't need to hunt around for this information. -- Mike Clarke _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
