Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:07:43 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> To: annonymejens+bsd@runbox.no, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling everything myself? Message-ID: <200903170807.n2H87ht9098814@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <87fxhcshir.fsf@kobe.laptop> (message from Giorgos Keramidas on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:03:24 %2B0200) References: <E1LjNq9-0007w5-03@fenris.runbox.com> <87fxhcshir.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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Hi, > What I want to know is the following: Do I get the option of fetching > sources and running through a guided compilation; or do I get binaries > (like Debian) only? I'd say that installing from the source is part of the phylosophy of FreeBSD. There are pre-compiled packages, but as I see them, they are only designed to be bootstrap, not to be used on a long term basis. Best regards, olivier
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