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Date:      Mon, 27 May 2002 07:42:00 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        Simon Windsor <simon.windsor@btinternet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New user - Many questions
Message-ID:  <20020527074200.A46094@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <0205261131090Q.00997@saxon>; from simon.windsor@btinternet.com on Sun, May 26, 2002 at 11:31:09AM %2B0100
References:  <0205261131090Q.00997@saxon>

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On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 11:31:09AM +0100, Simon Windsor wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have just moved one of my machines from Debian to FreeBSD (4.5). The reason 
> for this was the non-appearance of woody.
> 
> I am generally well pleased, but have many questions.

It's best to ask these questions separately..

> Here goes ..
> 
> - I use an Athlon architecture, would it make sense to rebuild the base 
> system and packages for that architecture ?

It's not worth the gain.

> - What is the best way to do this ? Create /etc/make.conf ? What values 
> should I  use in /etc/make.conf for Athlon architecture ?
> 
> - Is cvsup the best way to maintain the Ports tree ?

Yes.

[...]
> - Why is the base system so big ? I here that perl is being removed, 
> shouldn't sendmail,bind/named also be removed to packages ?

The base system has everything needed for a full *working* system, and
only weighs in about 200Mb. How big did you expect it go be?
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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