Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 15:54:06 -0600 From: Justin L Boss <jlboss@yahoo.com> To: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: mattmobile <mattmobile@proweb.co.uk>, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Port Colection Message-ID: <3C853E7E.8000201@yahoo.com> References: <3C8537E3.6010703@yahoo.com> <002501c1c48e$fcfddbe0$6501a8c0@fwoom> <20020305214342.0784ABA03@i8k.babbleon.org>
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no i'm talking doing a pkg_add -r mc or a pkg_add -r samba but matt has a good point about the instruction set, do you have to edit the port or can it tell what set to use (486, 586, 686)? Brian T.Schellenberger wrote: > 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 >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > _________________________________________________________ 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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