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From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>
To: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
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Subject: Re: Which make?
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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