From owner-freebsd-net Wed Sep 23 13:23:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07491 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:23:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07407 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:22:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA06963; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:22:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:22:25 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199809232022.NAA06963@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: billf@chc-chimes.com Subject: Re: How to enable SNMP on a FreeBSD router ? Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 10:16:13 -0400 (EDT) >From: Bill Fumerola >I don't know if it's because of lack of knowledge on the ports system or >something else, but whenever I hear(see?) someone recommend software for >FreeBSD it's always from the software's distro site. >PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RECOMMEND FROM THE PORTS COLLECTION. Although I appreciate the suggestion & the sentiment behind it, in my case, I'll readily admit that it's a lack of familiarity with FreeBSD's "ports" collection -- and a lack of familiarity with customizing software from within the "port". The vast majority of my UNIX experience is in environments other than FreeBSD, and I still have a need to support some non-FreeBSD systems. In such cases, it's useful to be able to have a degree of assurance that I've got the relevant options configured properly. If I'm doing something FreeBSD-specific, the ports are often useful. If I'm not, they're less so. And if I'm tinkering with the most recent snapshot of a development version of something (such as amanda), the ports collection -- as far as I can tell -- isn't relevant. I'm certainly willing to be corrected, but my available time for learning FreeBSD-specific ways of doing things I've been doing since '86 (and that still basically work) is pretty limited. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message