Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:21:26 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ed Flecko <edflecko@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will FBSD Squid "port" create squid user and group? Message-ID: <20100922192126.93663dd2.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimuyc3yoZWBiX1pCsnMWOaV%2B3XqQNsSQ%2BdrSz8e@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimuyc3yoZWBiX1pCsnMWOaV%2B3XqQNsSQ%2BdrSz8e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:43:04 -0700, Ed Flecko <edflecko@gmail.com> wrote: > I like the idea of modifying > SQUID_CONFIGURE_ARGS in the squid port Makefile to customize the > software before I compile and install it, [...] Instead of modifying the Makefile itself, consider writing your changes into a Makefile.local which will be used to override settings in Makefile. At least, it worked that way in the past... > [...] what advantage do you gain to install from a > port -vs- downloading the tarball and building from source? Using packages always gives you the DEFAULT settings the corresponding port was built with. If you need to change those settings, use the port, Luke. :-) > 2.) "As a general rule", when you install software that needs a > special user/group, will those users/groups be created when you > install from ports, or only from packages? As far as I remember, those "post-installation tasks" will be done in both cases. So port AND package will create them. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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