From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 14 7:15:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com [66.66.72.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DA3C37B404 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 07:15:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F39FB901A00; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 10:14:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 10:14:33 -0400 From: mpd To: Taylor Dondich Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about the ports system Message-ID: <20020414101433.A43935@rochester.rr.com> References: <000b01c1e381$9da5f530$6600a8c0@penguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <000b01c1e381$9da5f530$6600a8c0@penguin>; from thexder@lvcm.com on Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 11:57:16PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 11:57:16PM -0700, Taylor Dondich wrote: > I understand the functionality of the ports system at a beginning level. > However, with packages, I know that you can use various configure flags to > build the package with just the abilities you need. No. That's what ports are. Packages are precompiled are just install themselves on your system. > Is there a way to do > this with the ports system? It's what the ports system does. > Does it just create a really huge binary to > handle possibly anything you need or does it leave parts out that you MAY > need? I don't understand this. The ports collection is just a bunch of different software, with FreeBSD specific patches and a Makefile added by the maintainer. You cd into the ports directory you want, and type "make install." I strongly urge you to read the documentation on the ports collection, as it's one of the most powerful parts of the system. > > Taylor Dondich > > mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "THEN WE PLAY THE WAITING GAME!!" - Mr. Nutty from "ONE TINY AD (THE WAITING GAME)" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message