From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 13:16:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C247106564A for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:16:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from miklosovic.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECEFD8FC18 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:16:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from miklosovic.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so3381961ywe.13 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:16:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=9YEqvOjh+PHwO7r1q3Ie+Fj2Za0Ec9eegTrspSc0x6w=; b=HpFsD7gD1negbupfpFGmYabF9quO7p7YpGAwbdxR3jasaQGAqcb+5slFibBpr/nvry jP/wDUv0qkCstyew2E0ehflKm7djDY4BXzHaIz3NJYMOHEhEL4+zUjToVbKAC0FjztpH QUdDW9VX6/B2jrjJKnP76e80d4Vd61VTPy98E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=NhUoyDV1Lo34xAt3KO+aiRps66ELBGefAMHYi/B1R5reN3a7sFm8sWo8WXYav2yYwq ZSaGjwH/1gfYX4n3kvevFfhhfMwPcDO2vvSE+rRLDjd5ZYnKm4icnIyBBJUhl5RI15r3 YMjGvF/Gjm/XKWlnMPl57O+nFvHPBHVjpj0YQ= Received: by 10.150.211.4 with SMTP id j4mr5100009ybg.37.1231247811306; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:16:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.92.20 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 05:16:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:16:51 +0100 From: "Stefan Miklosovic" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: compilation vs binary files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:16:52 -0000 hi, i would like to know, if it has a sense to compile software provided in form of ports in /usr/ports. I mean, I know there is a bunch of options you can choose from and make certain application more suitable for your hardware / software needs. I just want to know, if I can install software in binary form (eg. pkg_add -r soft) without a significant change of performance to my machine. If I lost some percents of perfromance, I would rather install it in that way like to compile it and lose a lot of time ... Yes, there is also a matter of patches and updates, because software is constantly improving. Have even a packages in binary form a sense? thank you