From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 20 18:31:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (news-ma.rhein-neckar.de [193.197.90.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2336137B836 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 18:31:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from daemon@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de) Received: from bigeye.rhein-neckar.de (uucp@localhost) by news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with bsmtp id DAA08295 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 03:31:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from daemon@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by bigeye.rhein-neckar.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA96174 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 02:10:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from daemon) From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Subject: Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs Date: 21 Apr 2000 02:10:29 +0200 Message-ID: <8do69l$2tt0$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> References: <38FE7F1D.59E9B386@tutopia.com> <38FEC0D7.87D0212@outpost.co.nz> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Craig Harding wrote: > I never use packages at all, but the ports are a daily lifesaver. I didn't either, until today. On an AXPpci33 adding packages proved substantially more convenient than waiting for slooow compiles. That's archaic hardware, of course. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message