Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 07:42:00 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Simon Windsor <simon.windsor@btinternet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New user - Many questions Message-ID: <20020527074200.A46094@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <0205261131090Q.00997@saxon>; from simon.windsor@btinternet.com on Sun, May 26, 2002 at 11:31:09AM %2B0100 References: <0205261131090Q.00997@saxon>
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On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 11:31:09AM +0100, Simon Windsor wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just moved one of my machines from Debian to FreeBSD (4.5). The reason
> for this was the non-appearance of woody.
>
> I am generally well pleased, but have many questions.
It's best to ask these questions separately..
> Here goes ..
>
> - I use an Athlon architecture, would it make sense to rebuild the base
> system and packages for that architecture ?
It's not worth the gain.
> - What is the best way to do this ? Create /etc/make.conf ? What values
> should I use in /etc/make.conf for Athlon architecture ?
>
> - Is cvsup the best way to maintain the Ports tree ?
Yes.
[...]
> - Why is the base system so big ? I here that perl is being removed,
> shouldn't sendmail,bind/named also be removed to packages ?
The base system has everything needed for a full *working* system, and
only weighs in about 200Mb. How big did you expect it go be?
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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