From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 18 16:42:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 803B037B401 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:42:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remt27.cluster1.charter.net (remt27.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.8.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D21BB43F75 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:42:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from [66.168.145.25] (HELO moe) by remt27.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with ESMTP id 125171464; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:42:17 -0400 From: "Charles Howse" To: "'Adam McLaurin'" Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:42:09 -0500 Message-ID: <016201c365e2$573cc300$04fea8c0@moe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 In-Reply-To: <1061249644.14034.27.camel@jake> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Ports vs. Packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:42:18 -0000 > > 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. Excellent! Thank you! Just what I was looking for. I also found this: http://www.freebsddiary.org/portupgrade.php