Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 08:47:47 -0700 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: hw <hw@adminart.net> Cc: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What does it mean to use ports? Message-ID: <23852.40995.806812.743506@alice.local> In-Reply-To: <87sgr7joq7.fsf@toy.adminart.net> References: <87o91wqjl5.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <23851.63340.445828.46420@alice.local> <87sgr7joq7.fsf@toy.adminart.net>
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hw writes: > [...] > Thanks! Somehow I thought this would be a lot easier --- and of course, > it isn't. For now, I'll stick with the binary packages until there's > good reason not to. Anything else is too time consuming because there > is so much that I need to figure out first. You're welcome. It's not *that* hard (once you uncover the correct magic) but there's a fair bit of complexity to juggle. Most of it's inherent complexity (unavoidable) that comes along with "building things from the internet" and/but some of it is specific to the FreeBSD way/history. It's a good thing to practice on a disposable machine (or in a jail, or ...) before you use it on anything serious. g.
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