Solved [Solved] Software version: pkg versus port

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I'm running FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE on an i386 system. There are some ongoing issues with the py27-ipython package on FreeBSD that have received attention in the right FreeBSD mailing list. However, my question is the following: if I use the pkg system to install py27-ipython, it installs version py27-ipython-1.2.1_2. However, in my local ports tree the latest version that is available is py27-ipython-2.1.0_1. Does this mean that pkg does not have access to the latest version of that software? Is the only way for me install the latest version that appears in the ports tree is to make install it?
 
Re: Software version: pkg versus port

If you build your own packages (using a package builder like here) then pkg(8) will have access to the latest and greatest versions that are exactly the same as you would get with make install on a port. Otherwise it depends on the official packages being updated and that happens only once a week at the moment.
 
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