From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 30 08:39:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA01380 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 08:39:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA01371 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 08:38:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt3-151.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.151]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA13260; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:38:36 -0600 (CST) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA37720; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:38:33 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199812301638.KAA37720@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Evren Yurtesen cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: why sources? why not binaries? In-reply-to: Message from Evren Yurtesen of "Wed, 30 Dec 1998 08:56:56 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:38:29 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Evren Yurtesen writes: > hello, > I wonder why we need to grab the sources and compile when > we need to upgrade to a never version (with make world) > why can't we get binaries and then just install with make installworld ? > then just 1 person would compile then and it would save a lot time > thanks As others have pointed out, binaries are available for upgrades via download. But in my case at the end of a 28.8 modem its much faster to update my sources with cvsup and recompile than to download the binaries. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message