Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 16:06:03 -0500 From: Comrade Burnout <geektron@comradeburnout.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can i make a CD of the Ports Collection Message-ID: <41114FBB.7040806@comradeburnout.com> In-Reply-To: <200408042213.51749.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <1091589404.4110551c8311a@arrowana.singnet.com.sg> <200408042213.51749.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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R. W. wrote: >Just a thought, but do you actually need an up-to-date >ports collection. If you are trying things out, and frequently >reinstalling you may be better-off with the one on the disk. > >One of the big pitfalls in FreeBSD (and Gentoo Linux) is >that new users install something like gnome, from the >disk packages, and then sync-up their ports and bring in >a new version. They are then left with a major rebuild >(which may require a special recipe or script), or face >build problems with new ports. > > this is one of the reasons i tend to install from FTP (and boot disks), and not from the CD.
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