Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 18:45:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Vernon Buck Jr <vbuck@usa.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie question about Packages, & Ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005311844370.41826-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000531211951.29891.qmail@nwcst278.netaddress.usa.net>
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Hi On 31 May 2000, Vernon Buck Jr wrote: > What's the difference between a package, and a port which is better? If you can wait till tomorrow (or about midnight PDT tonight) you can find out at DaemonNews: http://www.daemonnews.org/ Short answer is ports are a method of compiling the software on your own machine, packages are pre-compiled binaries. Brett ***************************************************** Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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