From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 9 18:06:30 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D4F1065670 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:06:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99FE88FC13 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:06:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnp1 with SMTP id p1so2001150ggn.13 for ; Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:06:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.142.129 with SMTP id s1mr14035872icu.42.1326132387769; Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:06:27 -0800 (PST) Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.231.77.5 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:06:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:06:27 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: z8lwqNzhxE8pJDYeuhWs6Mk6VO0 Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: alexus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports vs packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:06:30 -0000 On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:17 PM, alexus wrote: > Ports vs Packages? > > /usr/ports vs pkg_* > > pros/cons The beauty of FBSD: they ultimately update the same DB, heck even Perl modules installed via the FBSD CPAN shell get updated to that same db. My rule of thumb: use ports for everything, compile with your own options, etc. Use pre-built binary packages to install very large stuff like Gnome, Open Office, etc. -- Alejandro Imass