Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:17:44 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports vs. packages Message-ID: <15307.13912.986050.673183@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <21282399@toto.iv>
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Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> types: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 12:11:21AM +0000, Erik Sabowski wrote: > > Is it generally better to install a package or compile a ports? > If you want to enable optional settings in the port, you have no > choice. If you insist on adding local CFLAGS customizations, you have > no choice. Otherwise the only real benefit to using ports is the warm > fuzzy you get from having compiled the software on your own machine. There are a number of options for the ports *system*, as opposed to the individual ports, that you may want to set as well. LOCALBASE comes to mind. Setting those means you have no choice. The other benefit is that you have the source around for tweaking should that be required. That's what generates that warm fuzzy feeling from having compiled the software on my machine. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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