Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 23:37:21 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port dependencies Message-ID: <20110403063721.GB20405@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4D97E46D.1000202@telting.org> References: <4D96668C.3090406@telting.org> <BANLkTinUz6DOMYhR7MHHtbMsK0UBNCwwBw@mail.gmail.com> <4d97ba5a.199K2FcyLXA6%2Bb5f%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <9BFF22F1-7559-4107-B149-94A79CA3ADB7@d3photography.com> <20110403014303.GC18031@thought.org> <4D97E46D.1000202@telting.org>
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On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 08:07:25PM -0700, Chris Telting wrote: > > > seriously, this is why i want that debian+freebsd that was > > discussed recently. the kernel is ours and number one in the > > world. and the ports stuff is basically packages that more/less > > just-work. you can get the src =with= the pkg. > > > > How does debian get around all the "make config" options that we > deal with? Such as does such and such package pull in samba... Or > does debian just compile with every option more or less enabled? > > Chris > not sure about setting the options for a particular port, but i think you can build it with various flags set when you pull down the src. at any rate, since most drives are HUGE these days, enabling all/most options doesn't eat up that great a percent of the disk. and yeah, that's just my guess. note that i've been using freebsd since '95 and linux since '05. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
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