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Subject: Re: pkg question - Difference pkg vs port
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On Sep 3, 2014, at 3:52 PM, Michael Ross <gmx@ross.cx> wrote:

> Hello,
>=20
> I don' get this:

I'm not a *BSD user (yet), but in the Linux world, a port is source code =
to be compiled, usually with additional helpful info in the make file =
about dependencies, where to install is, a known-working config file, =
and stuff like that.=20

A pkg is a pre-compiled binary, almost always with lots of info for the =
install program like with the port.

The advantage of a port is that you can modify the make file. The =
advantage of a pkg is that it almost always runs, somewhat reasonably, =
and a lot of the work is already done.

--=20
Glenn English