From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 18 16:15:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BA4737B401 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:15:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remt29.cluster1.charter.net (remt29.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.8.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35FAC43F3F for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:15:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from [66.168.145.25] (HELO moe) by remt29.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with ESMTP id 113730377 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:15:06 -0400 From: "Charles Howse" To: Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:14:58 -0500 Message-ID: <011e01c365de$8b53b5d0$04fea8c0@moe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: Ports vs. Packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:15:09 -0000 I'm confused ( which is not an uncommon occurrence ), let's say I know I don't need to edit the source code of any of the additional software that I plan to install, but I want the latest version. Should I install from ports or sysistall/packages/FTP? I just installed Midnight Commander from ports ( make && make install && make clean ), and with all the dependencies, it took over 30 minutes on my Celeron 300 w/64 MB, vs. less than a minute from sysinstall. Thanks, Charles