Mel wrote:
On Wednesday 05 September 2007 20:34:56 Adam J Richardson wrote:
Well, that's easy...
# rm -R /usr/ports
Saves you a load of disk space, too. The only downside is you get
slightly older versions of software with packages.
Oh, and don't use portsnap, it'll undo that rm -R for you.
I need to set up a system that can only use packages. I've always used
ports, so I'm not exactly sure if I'm doing things properly.
Should I (do I need to) use portsnap to populate /usr/ports? Unless I
really need something that doesn't have a pkg available, I will not be
using ports.
Michael C. Cambria wrote:
I need to set up a system that can only use packages. I've always used
ports, so I'm not exactly sure if I'm doing things properly.
Should I (do I need to) use portsnap to populate /usr/ports? Unless I
really need something that doesn't have a pkg available, I
On Wednesday 05 September 2007 17:42:55 Michael C. Cambria wrote:
I need to set up a system that can only use packages. I've always used
ports, so I'm not exactly sure if I'm doing things properly.
Should I (do I need to) use portsnap to populate /usr/ports? Unless I
really need something
On Wednesday 05 September 2007 20:34:56 Adam J Richardson wrote:
Well, that's easy...
# rm -R /usr/ports
Saves you a load of disk space, too. The only downside is you get
slightly older versions of software with packages.
Oh, and don't use portsnap, it'll undo that rm -R for you. Using
Mel wrote:
On Wednesday 05 September 2007 17:42:55 Michael C. Cambria wrote:
I need to set up a system that can only use packages. I've always used
ports, so I'm not exactly sure if I'm doing things properly.
Should I (do I need to) use portsnap to populate /usr/ports? Unless I
really
Mel,
On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:53:24 +0200
Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
You could manage with pkg_add/pkg_delete, but then:
1) *You* have to find out which packages are eligible for upgrading
2) Upgrading a package will mean delete the old version before
installing the new one
Deleting
On Wednesday 05 September 2007 22:09:18 Nikola Lecic wrote:
Mel,
Nikola,
On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:53:24 +0200
Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
You cut out some context there, relevant to your response. Namely, the user
wanted to know if you could do without a populated /usr/ports and just
