Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:16:18 -0800 From: Johnson David <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Dale Morris <dlm@well.com>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg vs ports Message-ID: <20020329181632.D907937B417@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20020329060428.A699@well.com> References: <20020329060428.A699@well.com>
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On Friday 29 March 2002 06:04 am, 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? There is no "quality difference". I prefer ports for two reasons, however. First, I can build the ports optimized for my machine, as opposed to packages which are built for generic i386 machines. Second, I can customize the port to include extra options. > 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 suspect that this has to do with the build process and not the port itself. If you have a reasonable make.conf, and enough room to build, any crashes while building a port should be submitted as a bug. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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