Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:32:55 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Clewlow <tim1timau@yahoo.com> To: Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com>, Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> Cc: Ade Lovett <ade@freebsd.org>, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, Steven Kreuzer <stevenkreuzer@yahoo.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limitations of Ports System Message-ID: <871405.99936.qm@web50303.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0801111846g2e14adcei3e27ea0370262dc4@mail.gmail.com>
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--- Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/12/2007, Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> wrote:
> > I just wonder if you asked the general population, whether they'd rather
> > have ports or packages, I bet most would vote for packages, aside from
> > those that actually like watching the compilation output fly by.
>
> I do like to watch it but in addition I always like to compile my own
> binaries etc. rather than using something thats precompiled and
> limited to how the compiler compiled it.
>
> Chris
I change options in the mplayer Makefile to include twolame and mencoder in the
build because that way you get more codecs available for mencoder. Also, MySQL
has WITH_OPENSSL=yes in the make, and in PHP make config, I select Build Apache
module. Also I have the following options on in /etc/make.conf.
CFLAGS= -O -pipe # Optimize general builds
COPTFLAGS= -O -pipe # Optimize kernel builds
NO_PROFILE= # Only need to uncomment this line, no options
Finally, as a rule I install the latest patched up version of stable 6.x from
this optimised build (build once on a master cvs/build server). Dont know how
many other people do this, but I definately prefer ports over packages.
Cheers, Tim.
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