Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:48:15 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Stan Gammons <s_gammons@charter.net> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Port Build options Message-ID: <CAN6yY1uifprY35avsCs=q1zVP0k3E_MbSN2DPBSmt%2BrhPwh3Tw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1375237644.27294.4.camel@localhost> References: <1375237644.27294.4.camel@localhost>
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On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Stan Gammons <s_gammons@charter.net> wrote: > When one builds a port manually with make install clean or uses > portmaster to build a port, does one typically select ALL of the compile > options? Which also leads to another question, are the pre-built > packages that are installed with pkg_add or pkgng compiled with ALL of > the options? > > > Stan > Most people install with the default options. If they have special requirements, they adjust their options accordingly. Most users don't really even understand what some options really are and, if they don't have a particular interest, they will not set them. Soem of the cases where options are commonly changed from default are when CPU specific optimizations are available. Obviously packages can't be built that way as they would not run on all systems. Another is selection of codecs on multimedia apps. There are many reasons to change defaults, but they should only be changed for a good reason. Packages are built with default options. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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