From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Jan  6 15:32:06 2015
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DE35A8
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue,  6 Jan 2015 15:32:06 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (Client did not present a certificate)
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3CA4C217
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue,  6 Jan 2015 15:32:05 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-251-159.dynamic.qsc.de
 [92.195.251.159])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9DEEC277FD;
 Tue,  6 Jan 2015 16:32:03 +0100 (CET)
Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1])
 by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id t06FW2ah002013;
 Tue, 6 Jan 2015 16:32:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de)
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 16:32:02 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Questions from a Linux refugee
Message-Id: <20150106163202.f07341af.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <20150106124739.a336caccfdef65863f461f7c@milibyte.co.uk>
References: <20150106115503.4870ab2e@jive>
 <CAOc73CA9nEWSFckf2r1S9eQKWN+za-NKcU_25z1EHyJDdAqPvw@mail.gmail.com>
 <20150106132934.7b2ba08c.freebsd@edvax.de>
 <20150106124739.a336caccfdef65863f461f7c@milibyte.co.uk>
Reply-To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Organization: EDVAX
X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2)
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:32:06 -0000

On Tue, 6 Jan 2015 12:47:39 +0000, Mike Clarke wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jan 2015 13:29:34 +0100
> Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
> 
> > You can use portmaster with the -P or -PP switches (to force
> > the use of binary packages when they are available) to avoid
> > building all the dependencies from source.
> 
> Unfortunately this has not been possible since the switch to pkg-ng.

Thanks for raising awareness! Until it becomes available,
it's probably not that wrong to perform a command construct
like "make missing | pkg install" to get the dependencies
via pkg where possible, and then use compiling from source
where neccessary.



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...