Date: 22 Nov 2003 21:57:27 -0600 From: Patrick Burnett <pb1170@charter.net> To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Subject: make vs. pkg_add Message-ID: <1069559847.10538.14.camel@localhost>
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Hi all, Not that I expect to be swayed one way or the other here, but... I'm curious to see what other users think of using either the 'make' commands or 'pkg_add' for compiling and installing software. I'm admittedly a bit of a newbie, and I've tried it both ways, after CVSup-ing the source and ports of course. In most cases 'pkg_add' seems to work better, but the problem solver in me wants to see 'make all install clean' and its brethren work at least once. Am I to understand that 'make' and its accompanying command options will download source, dependencies, needed libs, et al. while compiling, building, and installing just like 'pkg_add' does? I'm probably doing something wrong such that 'make' isn't playing nice, but I'd still appreciate some further insight from more experienced users. TIA, Pathome | help
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