Re: sysinstall, packages, ports q.s

[Sur Demir]

--- Manolis Kiagias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Sur Demir wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm a bit new to FreeBSD, and have few questions challenging my
> Gentoo
> > Linux mindset:
> >
> >   
> Welcome to the FreeBSD club!
[...]

Hi,
Thanks for your insightful and highly civilized (compared to Gentoo
mob's) response! I'll spend more time with the docs which will
definitely be easier to navigate with the hints you've provided.








   

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sysinstall, packages, ports q.s

[Sur Demir]

{ this is my second attempt to post, first one over Gmane did not
appear in list. Sorry if you get this twice. }

Hi,
I'm a bit new to FreeBSD, and have few questions challenging my Gentoo
Linux mindset:

1. I performed a Minimal 6.2 installation (it boots OK). Then I
selected
Post installation tasks -> Distributions. There I see "base
(required)",
it appears unselected. Does this install anything more than what
Minimal
install did at the first place?

2. I see pkg_add, pkg_delete, pkg_info but no pkg_update. How am I
supposed to keep my system up to date, unless I revert to ports?

3. Minimal install provides a number of commands by default like pkg_*,
portsnap, gcc, ls, vi, etc but pkg_info does not list any of their
packages, which means they're not managed under /var/db/pkg. Then, how
am I supposed to upgrade them without ending up with multiple versions?

4. I want to avoid the -CURRENT branch and want to stay with -STABLE
branch for now. The page http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html says:
"The Ports Collection supports the latest release on the
FreeBSD-CURRENT
and FreeBSD-STABLE branches."
This not clear to me: If I start using ports, am I on -STABLE or not?

5. make.conf is blank by default. Does CPU_TYPE default to i386 in this
case?

I hope I'm not too confused and sound silly. TIA.



   
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