From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 9 18:15:42 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E1A91065670 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:15:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 423228FC1D for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.magehandbook.com (rackstore.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.100]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47B4E27F for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:15:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from 152.121.16.254 (SquirrelMail authenticated user daniel) by www.magehandbook.com with HTTP; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:15:41 -0500 Message-ID: <7e3c30c3cf201598b71b0be94da34bc6.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:15:41 -0500 From: "Daniel Staal" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: ports vs 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, 09 Jan 2012 18:15:42 -0000 On Mon, January 9, 2012 12:17 pm, alexus wrote: > Ports vs Packages? > > /usr/ports vs pkg_* > > pros/cons Ports: Compiled to *your* specs, for *your* machine. Faster/smaller downloads. More options available for customization. Can apply your own patches. Packages: Faster installs. Known configurations, that have been tested by others. Less resources needed on your machine. (Don't need to spend time compiling.) They can work together, in many situations. (Where some apps are installed one way, and some are installed the other.) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------