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Date:      Thu, 9 May 2002 00:58:24 +0100
From:      Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@btinternet.com>
To:        David Preece <davep@zedkep.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Pro's, advanced use and some general ports confusion.
Message-ID:  <20020509005824.A63710@host217-41-52-202.in-addr.btope>
In-Reply-To: <20020509114909.B40CA1E47CC@smtp-1.paradise.net.nz>; from davep@zedkep.com on Thu, May 09, 2002 at 11:48:06AM %2B1200
References:  <20020509114909.B40CA1E47CC@smtp-1.paradise.net.nz>

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On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 11:48:06AM +1200, David Preece wrote:
> I've been using FreeBSD for around two-three years, ish, have recently 
> started playing with other unixen (notably Debian) and have got to wondering 
> why, exactly, building from source is a good idea? Is it because we can get 
> over some library versioning problems?

There are lots of pros and cons. More than I am going to list, so I'll
just avoid this part.

> There are other advantages that I would have thought a no-brainer to add to 
> the ports collection that I can't find any documentation on. For instance, is 
> it possible to build a port for only the 586 instruction set? Can we change 

CPUTYPE, look in /etc/defaults/make.conf.

> the optimisation level on gcc when we're building from scratch? Perhaps use a 
> different compiler? Is there a way I can add a global list of extra locations 
> where the distfiles may be located - a local FTP server for instance? Since 

Packages and distfiles are available on most FreeBSD FTP sites.

> all ports can be turned into packages with 'make package', why do there 
> appear to be far fewer packages than ports?

Try building and distributing almost 7000 applications in a state of
constant development some time. :)

> And if all this can be done, where's the doc :)
> 
> Apologies for my weak grip on English today, one of those things.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
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