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Originally Posted by hitest
Is there a danger if I mix ports and binary packages?
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Generally, no. My opinion is that it is best to stick with either one or the other with a few exceptions (like mainly using ports but using packages for very large apps like OpenOffice.org). There can be dependency problems if your packages are mostly out of sync with your ports tree and you try to build a new port. This can mainly happen if there are major updates in the ports tree like gettext.
Personally, I use ports for everything. The thing that killed the deal for me with packages was one time I tried to install an OpenOffice.org package and it killed my X.org installation. This was at the time XFree86 was still in the ports tree. The OpenOffice.org package I tried to install was built on a system with XFree86 and when I tried to install it on my system with X.org, it started pulling in XFree86 packages and overwrote my X.org install.