Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 04:58:44 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: explorer87 <explorer87@wanadoo.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports Message-ID: <20010429045844.A82865@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <000701c0d08c$c240cf40$55d1fdc1@oemcomputer>; from explorer87@wanadoo.fr on Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 11:14:12AM %2B0200 References: <000701c0d08c$c240cf40$55d1fdc1@oemcomputer>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 11:14:12AM +0200, explorer87 wrote: > Why you can pack 5000 ported packages in only 10 MB ? > What is the ingenious system ? The genius of the ports system is that it goes and downloads the software only when you ask for it. That 10MB is infrastructure for downloading, building and installing those 5000 applications. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE67AH0Wry0BWjoQKURAun7AJ9J+ZO4WrQ7s7W8HbA34Oib8G7HYgCfcMuu tMJGAvw4E//Q7k/6GDMCWDM= =HWFb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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