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> > 2. In the case when small FreeBSD-specific bug found and fixed you will
> >    not have to re-download the whole thing.
> 
> I don't follow you.  For the most part, the only thing a port gets from
> FreeBSD is shared libs.  If you fixed a bug in the port itself, then yes,
> you need the distfile.
> 
> > 3. It's usually a certain time lag between port update and package
> >    appearance at ftp*.freebsd.org.
> 
> Valid point
> 
> > 4. You can compile packages for the several different releases, say
> >    -current for your notebook, -stable for a production machine 3-stable
> >    for your grandma etc.
> 
> This does not hold with your example.  So don't bring up such cases.
> 
> Nor are any of these cases ones Paul is mentioning....

Because he's running older software, using a pre-compiled version that
is using 'newer' libraries, syscall mapping, etc.. is an issue.

However, I don't know what the big deal is.  I'm *still* running 2.2.8
on a box behind my firewall, and I still use the most recent ports
tree.  Sometimes I have to tweak with it a bit, but for the most part it
'just works'.

(Again, this is FreeBSD 2.2, not 3.X, not even 4.X).



Nate

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