From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Nov 20 10:16:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from odin.acuson.com (odin.acuson.com [157.226.230.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 617ED37B405 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:16:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from acuson.com ([157.226.46.72]) by odin.acuson.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.54) with ESMTP id AAA88F; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:16:16 -0800 Message-ID: <3BFA9DEF.DD2D1ABA@acuson.com> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:16:15 -0800 From: David Johnson Organization: Acuson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: leegold Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports vs. packages References: <3BFA63E0@operamail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org leegold wrote: > PS given a choice between > installing a program via a port vs. a package > what should one do? I always use ports. The packages are precompiled for 386 cpus, while I have an Athlon. By changing /etc/make.conf, and can have every port optimized for the Athlon. For some programs this doesn't make much of a speed difference, but for others it is very significant. In addition, you have the opportunity to "customize" the port. For example, I like the dia program but the package has it built for GNOME which I don't use. By editing the port Makefile I can build dia for GTK+ only. On the flip side, the time spent compiling ports may not be worth it to you. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message