On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:04:08PM -0400, jared r r spiegel wrote: > On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 01:43:31PM -0400, aeonsystems.com wrote: > > > > when one follows -current aggressively (ie. one rebuilds everything at > > least monthly) should one opt to compile all software from ports, or is > > the package system still useful and reliable? > > My guess is that installing all software from Ports is really the best > > and safest real option. > > i have personally seen three types of scenarios with current and packages > that have incurred to me an inconvenience:
i also ought to mention that in my scenario i've switched entirely to using -current snapshots for the OS (eg reboot and then upg with bsd.rd) and not building base from source at all. (no 'cd /usr/src; make build') my life is WAY BETTER since doing that -- jared
