Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 12:19:54 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Jonathan Horne" <jhorne@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to avoid recompiling applications? Message-ID: <ef10de9a0606041019m37693824y27e541088ef206c0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200606041205.20737.jhorne@dfwlp.com> References: <200606031212.11908.jhorne@dfwlp.com> <44fyikzx61.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200606041205.20737.jhorne@dfwlp.com>
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On 6/4/06, Jonathan Horne <jhorne@dfwlp.com> wrote: > > so, could i theoretically use 'make reinstall' on a fresh system where the > port had never been previously installed? Yes... but what's the point?... when you can make your own packages. instead of typing 'make install' type 'make package', this will spit out a .tbz file you can use with pkg_add etc... http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/07/FreeBSD_Basics.html -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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