Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 15:36:56 -0600 From: Justin L Boss <jlboss@yahoo.com> To: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Port Colection Message-ID: <3C853A78.5080307@yahoo.com> References: <3C8537E3.6010703@yahoo.com> <3C853824.F22A135A@cs.umu.se>
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I that is also a time when I use the port PC. But not for every thing. Paul Everlund wrote: > Justin L Boss wrote: > >>Why do most people use the port collection instead of the package >>collection? I only use the PC if I cant find a pkg. The pkg takes >>considerable less time and space, So why use the port unless you >>have to. >> > > In the ports collection you're able to set various configuration > options before compiling. That way you can "tweak" the code so the > binary is capable of and can do just the things you want it to, no > more and no less. > > With a package someone else has done the configuration, and hence > you have to live with it if installing a package. > > /Paul > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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