are some files of FreeBSD not member of any packages?

m_pahlevanzadeh

m_pahlevanzadeh

Dear all,

Suppose i have a Debian distro, Debian considers all of files in packages, for example:

Code: 
root@debian:/home/mohsen/test# dpkg -S /bin/ls
coreutils: /bin/ls
root@debian:/home/mohsen/test# dpkg -S /bin/pwd 
coreutils: /bin/pwd
root@debian:/home/mohsen/test# dpkg -S /sbin/ifconfig 
net-tools: /sbin/ifconfig

Yes, coreutils and net-tools.
Question :
ls, pwd , or any files you can see on FreeBSD machine after installation, are member of a package? if true , how can i see them ? such as dpkg -S?
if false, how can i upgrade them or when they destroy, how can i repair them such as? :
Code: 
apt-get --reinstall install coreutils

A philosophy question:

if false, Why FreeBSD want to copy a set of files without package nameing?
 
The so called base system that is everything except /usr/local/* is not divided into packages. The idea is that the base system is a complete whole installed by the installer or by make installworld. The /usr/local hierarchy is the third party software that is installed as indidual ports or packages.
 
m_pahlevanzadeh said:
ls, pwd , or any files you can see on FreeBSD machine after installation, are member of a package?
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No, they are part of the OS.

Keep in mind that there really isn't such a thing as a Linux operating system. Linus made a kernel, nothing more. It's the distributions that cobble together parts and tools from different sources to create an operating system. This is different from FreeBSD as it is a complete OS from the start.
 
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