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Date:      Sat, 4 Apr 2020 19:41:54 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
Cc:        ajtiM <starikarp@dismail.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Serpent7776 <serpent7776@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: qt5-webengine
Message-ID:  <24201.6978.579552.849799@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAJuc1zNPwat8E4d03h=rUVA-Lw0AwqJYC5uSioUjJKRXDHU4HA@mail.gmail.com>
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Jonathan Chen writes:

>		 Frankly speaking, if you're compiling your own ports, you
>  have to use either synth or poudriere; anything else will cost you
>  time hunting down broken dependencies.

	Speaking as someone who's been compiling from ports for at least
a decade, and maintains 1200+ ports on at least one box:
	Yes ... but not much.  I use portmaster and stuff mostly Just
Works(tm).  [Thanks, guys!]  Ports get updated regularly, and the last
major problem I can remember had to do with defauly version bumps in
perl and python (2->3).
	I understand there are folks for whom poudriere or synth are The
Right Tool(tm).  But I am one of a number of folks for whom it is like
carpet-bombing the neighborhood to get rid of one miscreant squirrel.


			Respectfully,


				Robert Huff




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