Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:27:28 -0700 From: Joshua Lokken <joshua@twobirds.us> To: cs@ctzen.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing kde-lite from port Message-ID: <20040423192728.GA6134@freebsd.jolok.org> In-Reply-To: <20040423003829.GA4932@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <001101c428ca$59b51140$0164a8c0@ctzen.com> <20040423003829.GA4932@xor.obsecurity.org>
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* Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> [2004-04-22 17:41]: > On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 08:31:42PM -0400, Chiang Seng Chang wrote: > > not a question but may be its not such a good idea after all to install kde > > from port on a p2-400, still compiling after 10 hours... > > It'll be going for a while yet. The smart thing to do on slow > hardware is to install from packages. > > Kris Nothing wrong with letting the machine 'stretch it's legs' ever now and then. 'make buildworld' takes 75 hours on my 50Mhz ISA bus box. It's not a good idea because your patience runs out, but I don't believe it's necessarily a bad idea. -- Joshua OJ! Morphine! Lobo! OJ! Morphine! Lobo! -- Lisa, Bart, and Homer Simpson
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