Re: Impossible to build MongoDB44 on FreeBSD 12.4?
Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 06:54:55 UTC
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 9:41 AM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote: > > > On 5/31/23 07:19, Matthew Petach wrote: > > > Hi Mark, > > I was rather hoping to avoid mixing one pre-built package with > dependencies on > older versions of packages on a system with everything else built from the > ports tree, > but I may not have much of a choice. :( > > > I have found myself having to do that from time to time, for various > reasons, e.g., disk space issues with large builds, odd breakage when > building from Ports that no amount of troubleshooting can fix, e.t.c. > > At least FreeBSD gives you both options, so you don't have to rebuild your > entire system from scratch to fix weirdness. > > Mark. > The moment you do "pkg install foo" and you're prompted with a list of pkgs to be installed, upgraded and reinstalled and you do not want a single one of them except "foo", then you go crying! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]