From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 29 10:15:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from Amelia.bsdprophet.org (cherry46.theshop.net [63.67.33.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86CDC37B41B for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:15:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from scott@localhost) by Amelia.bsdprophet.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2TIFkg72473; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:15:46 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from scott) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:15:46 -0600 From: Scott Corey To: Dale Morris Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg vs ports Message-ID: <20020329181546.GA70893@bsdprophet.org> Mail-Followup-To: Scott Corey , Dale Morris , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020329060428.A699@well.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020329060428.A699@well.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Use apsfilter instead. On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 06:04:28AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > I'm curious if there's any difference between the 'quality' of the > install of a port package or using the pkg_add command? > > I've noticed a couple of times that building a program from the ports > has crashed my machine, whereas pkg_add seems to go smoothly. > > I've read the paragraph in the handbook and it really doesn't satisfy my > curiosity, what do you guys think? > > thanks > dale > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- Scott B. Corey scott@bsdprophet.org irc.openprojects.net #bsdprophet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message