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From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
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Subject: Re: Port Colection
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:43:42 -0500
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On Tuesday 05 March 2002 04:44 pm, mattmobile 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.
>
> it also means that you compile against the downloaded libs
>
> I've had packages fail when compiling succeeds (version clashes being the
> culprit).
>
> I have default optimizations and cpu target set for the compiler, we don't
> want everything targetted at the 486 instruction set!

Not to mention that with a broadband connection it's usually easier and about 
as fast to go to the port directory and "make install" as it for me to hunt 
up my CD for the package.

I guess I could learn to pkg_add over the network, though.

>
> Matt
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