Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:49:45 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.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: <20011228144945.B11661@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <200112281842.TAA03146@smtp.hccnet.nl>; from s.siemonsma@hccnet.nl on Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 07:47:23PM %2B0000 References: <01f801c18f5e$558baf00$0101a8c0@haloflightleader.net> <200112281842.TAA03146@smtp.hccnet.nl>
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in message <200112281842.TAA03146@smtp.hccnet.nl>, wrote Simon Siemonsma thusly... > > Personally I think for big programs it's easier to use the packages. > It is avoiding a lot a compiling time. ... > Building X or KDE from the ports is not a nice experience. to me, time is not much of a worry as much as disk space and missing dependencies are. i have to get creative (on disk space management) whenever i compile X. it's actually a satisfying and enlightening experience (in software design) when a time consuming compile process completes w/o any problems. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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