Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:37:18 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I Can Has Packages? Message-ID: <20120820143718.GA29643@kontrol.kode5.net> In-Reply-To: <20120820142245.7d4830dc.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <mstfdvylnhedwhomycce@vqhb> <20120819213854.50408ec7.freebsd@edvax.de> <lvdsbvuwmpbmllonsvhr@dwkb> <20120819232754.641a7eb2.freebsd@edvax.de> <86k3wuw99t.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <5031CD59.9080103@FreeBSD.org> <20120820142245.7d4830dc.freebsd@edvax.de>
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== Polytropon wrote on Mon 20.Aug'12 at 14:22:45 +0200 == > On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:38:33 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > I always keep saying the ideal > > situation would be that you could customise and compile just your own > > really mission critical software and freely mix that with installing > > pre-compiled packages of anything else from the public repositories. > > To be honest, that's what I'm doing for many years now. I > tend to compile only those ports where it is either required > in order to obtain the software because no suitable package > does exist (e. g. OpenOffice), or because I intendedly want > to have access to compile-time options (e. g. mplayer), which > can also apply when specific optimization is needed in order > to get something into a usable state on older hardware. For > everything else, packages are fine. Mixing those forms (and > maybe assuming that ports can be either handled by the > native "make method" or one of the port management tools > such as portmaster) is possible. Of course you have to think > first, then do, but I assume it's not needed mentioning. :-) It's good people have the option to install packages if they so wish. Personally, I don't think i've ever used a precompiled package on FreeBSD; I much prefer to compile from source, especially when updating my system (different topic i know).
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