Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 22:27:00 +0100 From: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> To: Justin L Boss <jlboss@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Port Colection Message-ID: <3C853824.F22A135A@cs.umu.se> References: <3C8537E3.6010703@yahoo.com>
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Justin L Boss wrote: > > Why do most people use the port collection instead of the package > collection? I only use the PC if I cant find a pkg. The pkg takes > considerable less time and space, So why use the port unless you > have to. In the ports collection you're able to set various configuration options before compiling. That way you can "tweak" the code so the binary is capable of and can do just the things you want it to, no more and no less. With a package someone else has done the configuration, and hence you have to live with it if installing a package. /Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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