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Date:      Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:34:04 -0400
From:      Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net>
To:        Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Ports vs. Packages
Message-ID:  <1061249644.14034.27.camel@jake>
In-Reply-To: <014201c365e0$03437ca0$04fea8c0@moe>
References:  <014201c365e0$03437ca0$04fea8c0@moe>

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On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 19:25, Charles Howse wrote:
> Will doing it that way require all the compiling? 

No, packages are pre-compiled. Note that you'll sometimes have to wait a little longer to get the updated packages, since the maintainer has to submit a compiled binary, but doesn't always do so immediately after a port is updated.

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Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net>

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