From nobody Wed May 31 19:27:00 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4QWfR50MBKz4XStF for ; Wed, 31 May 2023 19:27:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pete@nomadlogic.org) Received: from mail.nomadlogic.org (mail.nomadlogic.org [66.165.241.226]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mail.nomadlogic.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QWfR42k8Qz3Myf for ; Wed, 31 May 2023 19:27:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pete@nomadlogic.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nomadlogic.org; s=04242021; t=1685561221; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=eCQ5sEzfleBOD10SZqQPsRL2DDHxKD70jBVuwxGGYMg=; b=4G6E7VFDMunY9uX6fCM6KJ7aAeCa8ys0YEMfqHFVrYS1dJGQuEzsOsiJfqEpKdU0m3O1/2 PCHlF65VvsHQoONIdQpdGjRYzd4BCkRQ2Xz+1JNhofEBibN2TamizTPbbsiF5yT0TfLDT1 G2uMaEKdUqYSVR3H5XDc3zGDSD4A+8I= Received: from topanga.nomadlogic.org (cpe-24-24-168-214.socal.res.rr.com [24.24.168.214]) by mail.nomadlogic.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id de69a0b5 (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256:NO); Wed, 31 May 2023 19:27:01 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 12:27:00 -0700 From: Pete Wright To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: Mark Tinka , Matthew Petach , "questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Impossible to build MongoDB44 on FreeBSD 12.4? Message-ID: <7acpb7y5oav2woyjtow52k2syr5klsdhebn3sebkb7h3wh2cfb@m3endmxwai63> References: <262989174.2467990.1685491667239.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <262989174.2467990.1685491667239@mail.yahoo.com> <73fa2549-a936-a70d-4039-329d3358c9c1@tinka.africa> <1116748867.2507770.1685510371031@mail.yahoo.com> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4QWfR42k8Qz3Myf X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:29802, ipnet:66.165.240.0/22, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 09:54:55AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 9:41 AM Mark Tinka 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! i frequently use "pkg lock foo" for the rare situations where i need to pin a specific version on my systems. -p -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org