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Date:      Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:48:26 +0200 (IST)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.Technion.AC.IL>
To:        nunnari <roberto.nunnari@agie.ch>
Cc:        stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: packages vs ports ??
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.981130154540.23705A-100000@csd>
In-Reply-To: <3662A039.227E53CB@agie.ch>

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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, nunnari wrote:

> Thanks to all who answered my previous post on g++
> 
> After reading a bit of doc, I'm still not sure I understand what
> the difference between ports and packages is.
> 
> May it be that packages are executables while ports are still
> to be built?

Correct.

> 
> Also which is the best forum for questions? I don't mean to
> annoy anybody by posting here...

questions@freebsd.org

You should also go through the Handbook/FAQ/mailing list archives before
posting to questions. Most of these questions have been answered before,
and these answers are in the archives of the questions mailing list. See:

http://www.freebsd.org/search.html

> 
> Best regards.
> 
> Roberto Nunnari
> WWW : http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/noonlights/
> 
> 
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