Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 21:57:42 +1000 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com> Cc: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jekillen@prodigy.net Subject: Re: Which make? Message-ID: <20150518115742.GA42439@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <86iobr10s6.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <20150517022324.31995.qmail@ary.lan> <86iobr10s6.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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On Sun 2015-05-17 12:06:49 UTC-0700, Randal L. Schwartz (merlyn@stonehenge.com) wrote: > >>>>> "John" == John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> writes: > > John> In most cases, installing the precompiled packgage with pkg add works > John> just as well and is a lot faster. > > ... until the day you want to tweak a port knob, and then mixing > packages and ports is a pain. > > Thank goodness for poudriere! Packages built *my* way, and upgrades are > a snap now. I feel the same way about Poudriere, although I was recently caught out by the "make config" options changing for the Postfix port (see 20150510 in UPDATING), which meant my options were reset to the defaults. :/ Regards Andrew
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