Thanks Marc I will check those out. And I port new and updated
applications as there are missing or outdated packages for my needs.
On 2018-10-21 10:05, Marc Espie wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 09:50:24AM -0500, Edward Lopez-Acosta wrote:
>> I have noticed that when building packages I am required to install
>> dependencies globally which leads to a messy system if I don't remember to
>> remove them. This is an issue when building ports that may not be installed
>> on the same system.
>
> RTFM,
> See proot(1) and dpb(1) and bulk(8)
>
> Why do you build packages yourself, btw ? It takes time and space, and
> you can just use the trusted binary packages unless you have very good
> reasons to avoid them.
>
>> Is it possible to somehow have the make process use a chroot and avoid
>> installing packages globally? Slight tangent, but why do pkg_add/pkg_delete
>> not prompt to confirm before taking actions which to me would make much more
>> sense than just doing the action right away.
>
> This is Unix. Commands do stuff by default. Observe rm. By default, it
> removes files.
>
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