Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:59:09 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Simon Siemonsma <s.siemonsma@hccnet.nl> Cc: Peter Ong <peter@haloflightleader.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package or Ports CVSup Message-ID: <20011228185909.GF77887@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <200112281842.TAA03146@smtp.hccnet.nl> References: <01f801c18f5e$558baf00$0101a8c0@haloflightleader.net> <200112281842.TAA03146@smtp.hccnet.nl>
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In the last episode (Dec 28), Simon Siemonsma said: > Personally I think for big programs it's easier to use the packages. > It is avoiding a lot a compiling time. For small programs I prefer > the ports, because it's saving time to find out where the package is. You don't need to know where the package is; "pkg_add -r packagename" will fetch and install it automatically. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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