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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:16:36 +0100
From: cam (Camille HUOT) <cam@bsdfr.org>
To: "James Raftery" <jraftery@wrdp.com>
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Subject: Re: packages rather than ports
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:00:48 -0000
"James Raftery" <jraftery@wrdp.com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cam (Camille HUOT)" <cam@bsdfr.org>
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 1:36 PM
> Subject: packages rather than ports
> 
> 
> > due that the package format is faster to download/install
> > that the port format (source), does exist a x11-frontend to manage
> > FreeBSD packages ?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Running /stand/sysinstall gives a very useable interface to installing
> packages.
> 
> james
> 
> 
right !

good answer


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