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Subject: Re: Ports vs packages
To: Jos Chrispijn <bsdports@cloudzeeland.nl>,
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On 8/25/18 4:29 AM, Jos Chrispijn wrote:
> How many times is there between the release of a port and its package 
> - is that depending on the port maintainer?
>

one thing i do for my systems is if there is an update to a port i 
need/want to test before the official build cluster is done is run a 
"make package" in the port directory.  then i can install the updated 
code as a pkg for future upgrade convenience.  this works great for 
ports without many external dependencies at build-time, not so much when 
things like llvm need to be build ;)

-pete

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