Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:52:45 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: ports vs configure/make/make install Re: RE : Re: RE : Re: RE : Re: RE : Re: RE : Re: cheapskate webmail interface Message-ID: <59D83911-C3C0-4FC6-9AF5-69195843757C@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <b34be8420610120026s629634ccsa7e0e25a3862caf6@mail.gmail.com> References: <452B9EF9.4090800@mikestammer.com> <20061010133359.73832.qmail@web27511.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <b34be8420610120026s629634ccsa7e0e25a3862caf6@mail.gmail.com>
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--Apple-Mail-8--203743869 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Oct 12, 2006, at 1:26 AM, Juha Saarinen wrote: > On 10/11/06, Desmond Coughlan <coughlandesmond@yahoo.fr> wrote: >> Yeah. I used to do Solaris admin (Jesus, you'd never know >> it...), and usually prefer installing software the ./configure --> >> make && make install route. Especially since a ports install >> doesn't tell you anything about where the software is put.... > > It most certainly does, and also allows you to change the locations of > the software to be installed. Have a look at the Makefile in the > ports. While theoretically you can change the location where stuff is put using ports, it does not always work out that well (I admit I could have screwed up). Mainly, some ports rely on other ports. I installed a bunch of stuff (gnu build stuff) that some ports relied on in my own dir /usr/public as a prefix. The ports system should know about this (ie at later install time) but certain ports that rely on this stuff seem to have it hardwired that this stuff is in / usr/local and these ports fail. So may ports can easily be changed, some ports can't. I use ports for things like build tools, system tools, editors, compilers. and certain standard SW we use. I use configure/make etc for my MTA, apache, php, my imap and pop servers, and lots of my service level software that I find much easier to customize myself without jumping through ports. best Chad > > > -- > > Juha > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net --Apple-Mail-8--203743869--
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