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From: Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net>
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On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 19:25, Charles Howse wrote:
> Will doing it that way require all the compiling?=20

No, packages are pre-compiled. Note that you'll sometimes have to wait a li=
ttle 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 up=
dated.

--=20
Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net>

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