RW <rwmailli...@googlemail.com> writes: > On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:18:57 +0800 > darc...@gmail.com (Denise H. G.) wrote: > > >> I noticed that some ports, e.g. qt-4 stuff, just use the same >> source ball but extract it each time for their own build. Is there >> some method to reuse the extracted sources? I think it is perhaps a >> waste of cpu and time to extract the same source ball for different >> build tasks. > > The time taken by extraction is usually negligible. And don't forget > that many ports patch the source after extraction, so reusing would > require an additional clean copy for each port.
thanks! actually it does not matter too much for me. I just wonder if there is something to do about the ports system. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- darcsis ZAI gmail DIAN com _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
