From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 23 05:28:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4477E1065688 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:28:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glyn@millingtons.org) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E333E8FC23 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:28:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glyn@millingtons.org) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.31,235,1215385200"; d="scan'208";a="14093521" Received: from unknown (HELO glynthebearded.millingtons.org) ([82.152.120.109]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 23 Jul 2008 05:56:27 +0100 Received: by glynthebearded.millingtons.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 71AAB22D7C; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:02:07 +0100 (BST) To: Paul Schmehl References: <2cd0a0da0807221305r5ae70309w4313dbea62d3fdf0@mail.gmail.com> <792213D8B249EC1C41EA0662@utd65257.utdallas.edu> Organization: Central Church, Torquay, U.K. X-Now-Playing: There's a deathly hush in the close tonight! X-Liturgical-Date: Optional Memorial: Saint Bridget of Sweden, religious, A.D. 2008 From: Glyn Millington Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:02:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: <792213D8B249EC1C41EA0662@utd65257.utdallas.edu> (Paul Schmehl's message of "Tue\, 22 Jul 2008 16\:22\:05 -0500") Message-ID: <86d4l5fb1s.fsf@nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: FreeBSD-Questions , VeeJay Subject: Re: FreeBSD for webserver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glyn@millingtons.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:28:22 -0000 Paul Schmehl writes: > This seems to be a common misperception about ports. Ports aren't > something magical. They do exactly what you would do from the > commandline (i.e. ./configure, make, make install), except they come > with several bonuses. > > 1) The port maintainer has already worked out all the quirks to make > it compile and install properly on FreeBSD. 2) The port maintainer > has already supplied patches that allow the software to build > correctly on FreeBSD. 3) All the dependencies are already taken care > of. 4) Upgrading is quite simple and straightforward. 5) The > software is now architechture-independent (in most cases), meaning you > can move from Intel to AMD (for example) without having to worry that > the software will no longer build and you'll have to start from > scratch again. Could I add 6. Removing software from the system quickly and cleanly is also a doddle!? Building/installing "by hand" often leaves you hunting down files ....... atb Glyn