Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00:44 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists_nada@tx.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for webserver? Message-ID: <20080723030043.GC17377@shepherd> In-Reply-To: <D7F9ABFAF516BAF93A484E36@Macintosh.local> References: <2cd0a0da0807221305r5ae70309w4313dbea62d3fdf0@mail.gmail.com> <792213D8B249EC1C41EA0662@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <20080723010144.GB17377@shepherd> <D7F9ABFAF516BAF93A484E36@Macintosh.local>
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Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote:
[...]
> Compiling from source rather than ports gains you nothing, in most cases,
> and can cost you a great deal of extra time if you run into problems. Time
> is something most admins I know have precious little of already.
Relax. Google "joke" and "jest". But let's be clear. You *are* compiling
from source when you *build* from ports. You just have some
guidance via the ports infrastructure. :) YMMV. TMTOWDI. There are
exceptions. Et cetera. No need to justify your methods to the list; just do
what works for you.
[...]
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Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
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