Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:15:07 -0400 From: Duane Whitty <duane@greenmeadow.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: Re: package vs ports question] Message-ID: <4427C93B.2050805@greenmeadow.ca>
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: package vs ports question Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:57:04 -0300 From: Luiz Eduardo Guida Valmont <legvalmont@gmail.com> To: Duane Whitty <duane@greenmeadow.ca> References: <1cac28080603262002g3b76041ap28c8dc4cb7e97e0a@mail.gmail.com> <44276581.2060505@greenmeadow.ca> And I also have a question regarding this matter. :) When I installed FreeBSD (6.1-BETA4, though I don't think version makes any difference here), I chose "User" in one of initial screens (I can't remember which one that was now, sorry). That pre-selected a handfull of software to be installed. I have always used ports since FreeBSD was installed. But... Does the installation process install any package that may be overriden by any port? On 3/27/06, Duane Whitty <duane@greenmeadow.ca> wrote: > Huy Ton That wrote: > > I am curious, the key different between packages and ports are that > packages > > are precompiled and ports are not? Am I erroneous in this statement? I'm > a > > little confused as I have been always using make install clean from the > > ports and don't see the difference... Has anyone else had the same > > question? > > > > -Lee > > _________________ > > > Hi, > > Your best bet is to read the handbook section > on packages and ports. To answer your question > though, yes packages are pre-built and ports need > to be compiled, linked, etc from sources. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html > > --Duane > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- []'s, Luiz Eduardo
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