Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 14:36:17 +0000 From: Stuart Henderson <stuart@helan.org> To: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.Technion.AC.IL>, nunnari <roberto.nunnari@agie.ch> Cc: stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: packages vs ports ?? Message-ID: <19981130143617.A17085@helan.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.981130154540.23705A-100000@csd>; from Nadav Eiron on Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 03:48:26PM %2B0200 References: <3662A039.227E53CB@agie.ch> <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.981130154540.23705A-100000@csd>
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On Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 03:48:26PM +0200, Nadav Eiron wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, nunnari wrote: > > > May it be that packages are executables while ports are still > > to be built? > > Correct. Nearly, but see (for example) Netscape or Acrobat Reader. They're ports but they provide binaries. Packages often don't have the full documentation, for that reason ports are usually preferable. Packages however are usually much faster to install as they don't involve compilation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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