Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:45:21 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0 vs 9.1 Message-ID: <20130111034521.42ba2000.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <kcntb6$o16$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <CAO=uXhMPrz=r9UytFzGTEXNsEL4ZWXcfsfcRxKL84yY0SXWDCw@mail.gmail.com> <kcntb6$o16$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:27:50 +0000 (UTC), Walter Hurry wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:02:01 -0600, Scott Eberl wrote: > > > OK can someone please explain this to me in detail? I've been reading > > all the release notes I can find and I'm not understanding why after > > upgrading to 9.1 I have to compile from source to install stuff now. It > > takes forever and asks me questions I have no idea what the answer is > > to. Early today I installed irssi which I had to do with make clean > > install because just doing pkg_add -r irssi complains about not being > > able to find the url of it. > > > > Should I just reinstall 9.0 and not upgrade, will ports work correctly > > then? > > What is difficult about compiling/installing from ports? Several possibilities: * no usable internet connection, so installing from CD or DVD is more comfortable * not enough computing power, especially for "big stuff" like desktop environments or office packages * SSD (less wearing through writes desired) Except those, there is no difficulty in using ports. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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