pkg or ports.

[LtCdData]

On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:01:42 +0100
Albert Shih <Albert.Shih at obspm.fr> wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> I'm little lost since FreeBSD introduce pkgng.
> 
> Should I use pkgng or the ports (like I did before ?)
> 
> My server is manage through puppet, so I would like to use pkg for some
> « basic » packages (like bash, vim etc..) but want ports system for
> important thing (like postgresql-server) because I can tune the option. 
> 
> But in that way how I manage to maintaint up2date ALL packages ? 
> 
> Regards.
> 
> 
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Using binary packages is all very well for a fast install but I have found that once you start to move into using ports its better to stay with ports.
Any time I have done a check on binary updates available, it wanted to undo a lot of what had been changed by ports even for silly small reasons, hense a conflict between the both upgrade paths.
For me at least, once I moved onto ports, its stay on ports.