Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:27:36 -0400 From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> To: Stan Gammons <s_gammons@charter.net> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Port Build options Message-ID: <CAOFF%2BZ2PrgK-a2CqyQMxK7C37np%2BSuBZ_GrRuVthnpELyDRXaA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1375264380.27294.9.camel@localhost> References: <1375237644.27294.4.camel@localhost> <CAOFF%2BZ13DfXR8=rqBmAO9SNbw2zjXGeBrid-moCKTHrMDbyEJQ@mail.gmail.com> <1375264380.27294.9.camel@localhost>
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On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Stan Gammons <s_gammons@charter.net> wrote: > On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 04:53 -0400, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > > > Stan, > > > > This is a interesting question and one that I struggled with back when I > > first came to open source YEARS ago... > > what time and experience will taught me is that, more is almost ALWAYS, > NOT > > better... so really there is no upside at all to building all of the > ports > > with all of the options... even if it COULD be done... > > > > on FreeBSD, I can tell you that the packages are build with the default > > options... that is to say... when you type "make install" if the port has > > options, whatever is "checked" when the screen comes up, is what the > > package would have... > > Thanks everyone for the replies on this. The reason I ask is I continue > to struggle to get KDE4 to work the way I want. Or perhaps I should say > the way it works on Linux. I've used FreeBSD for several years, but this > is the first time I'd tried to make a graphical interface work with it. > Perhaps that's a question/problem for another list and best not posted > here. > > Stan, Straightup, KDE4 is real hard, getting all the options correct, isn't a science like it should be, in practice it turns out to be more of a witchcraft / balancing act my advice is, download PC-BSD: http://iso.cdn.pcbsd.org/9.1-RELEASE/amd64/PCBSD9.1-RELEASE-x64-USBFULL-latest.img.bz2 install it.. use it... see if it works how you want... these guys put a TON of work into it... they have a wifi manager, gpart GUI, app cafe, and its a rolling release... if you find that it works the way you like, then hit me up off list, we can "play around" and see what port options to use where... > Stan > > > > -- Sam Fourman Jr.
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