Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:02:07 +0100 From: Glyn Millington <glyn@millingtons.org> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists_nada@tx.rr.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, VeeJay <maanjee@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD for webserver? Message-ID: <86d4l5fb1s.fsf@nowhere.org> In-Reply-To: <792213D8B249EC1C41EA0662@utd65257.utdallas.edu> (Paul Schmehl's message of "Tue\, 22 Jul 2008 16\:22\:05 -0500") References: <2cd0a0da0807221305r5ae70309w4313dbea62d3fdf0@mail.gmail.com> <792213D8B249EC1C41EA0662@utd65257.utdallas.edu>
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Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> writes: > This seems to be a common misperception about ports. Ports aren't > something magical. They do exactly what you would do from the > commandline (i.e. ./configure, make, make install), except they come > with several bonuses. > > 1) The port maintainer has already worked out all the quirks to make > it compile and install properly on FreeBSD. 2) The port maintainer > has already supplied patches that allow the software to build > correctly on FreeBSD. 3) All the dependencies are already taken care > of. 4) Upgrading is quite simple and straightforward. 5) The > software is now architechture-independent (in most cases), meaning you > can move from Intel to AMD (for example) without having to worry that > the software will no longer build and you'll have to start from > scratch again. Could I add 6. Removing software from the system quickly and cleanly is also a doddle!? Building/installing "by hand" often leaves you hunting down files ....... atb Glyn
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