From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 20 14:37:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49A001065670 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:37:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (kontrol.kode5.net [80.229.5.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C168FC18 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:37:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q7KEbIE3029673 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:37:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q7KEbIsF029672 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:37:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) X-Authentication-Warning: kontrol.kode5.net: jamie set sender to jamie@kode5.net using -f Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:37:18 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120820143718.GA29643@kontrol.kode5.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20120819213854.50408ec7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120819232754.641a7eb2.freebsd@edvax.de> <86k3wuw99t.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <5031CD59.9080103@FreeBSD.org> <20120820142245.7d4830dc.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120820142245.7d4830dc.freebsd@edvax.de> x-operating-system: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 x-pgp-fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: I Can Has Packages? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:37:21 -0000 == 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).