From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 22 04:38:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA04997 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 22 May 1998 04:38:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gamma.aei.ca (root@gamma.aei.ca [206.123.6.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA04965 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 04:37:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malartre@aei.ca) Received: from aei.ca (dialB03.aei.ca [206.123.6.87]) by gamma.aei.ca (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA02292; Fri, 22 May 1998 07:37:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <35656383.3E5CF011@aei.ca> Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 07:37:39 -0400 From: Malartre X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Perry CC: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why installing ports on a computer? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Andrew Perry wrote: > Not all FreeBSD machines have access to the internet. Those that do can > download the latest etc... but those that don't (including me on some > machines) enjoy the ability to get my ports from the cd. > Well, if you dont have acces to the net, you dont need port! no? Malartre > On my machines with internet access I find it convenient to have the ports > local, I have only needed to get later versions from the internet > occasionally and as the ports are very easy to use for a PHD (push here > dummy :-) ) like myself it hasn't presented me with any obstacles. > > However you always have the choice. If you don't wish to have the ports > collection on your machine don't install them and only download the > skeletons when you wish to install. > > just my opinion anyway > Andrew Perry > > > > > I was thinking to that: ports are changing every week, if not often. > > Well, like ports need internet to be usefull, why installing them on the > > computer? > > With FTP or Lynx, you can go on FreeBSD.org and get the last ports. > > In both way, you need internet but in the second way, you do not waste > > space and dont download old apps. > > > > So why installing ports on the computer? > > Malartre > > -- -------------------------------------------------- malartre@aei.ca ICQ #4224434 www.aei.ca/~malartre/ Unix FreeBSD-2.2.6 -------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message