Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:22:40 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Eric Lam <ecrim@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ports Collection vs. Tarbells Message-ID: <20010815182240.A56694@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010816010557.27184.qmail@earthlink.net>; from ecrim@earthlink.net on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:05:57AM %2B0800 References: <20010816010557.27184.qmail@earthlink.net>
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--LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:05:57AM +0800, Eric Lam wrote: > Hi. What is more recommended... using the ports collection or > compiling a tarbell? Do you mean a package (e.g. "foo-1.0.tgz" downloaded from ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages) when you say tarball (BTW, tarbAll, not tarbEll)? Packages are simply precompiled ports - they come from the same source and should do exactly the same thing, except ports have additional options available to customize them (installation location, compiler optimization settings to compile with, whether or not to install documentation, and port-specific knobs like enabling optional software features, ...). > I've noticed that some minor files (such as rc.d scripts) aren't > included with tarbells. This shouldn't be true. Can you give an example? > Also, are programs, from the ports collection, installed to the same > place as a default tarbell? Thanks. Yes. You can install a port to a different location by using the PREFIX, LOCALBASE and X11BASE environment variables. Kris --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7eyBgWry0BWjoQKURAkyFAJ40Jz+fmLi+wHQYxIeFnc89rY0uLwCfRkY4 zFKSyNQHZbCUZ5j6z+P4kqw= =8JdF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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