Re: Port installation methods

2003-09-28 Thread Alex de Kruijff
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 09:04:47PM -0400, Todd Stephens wrote: > On Saturday 27 September 2003 07:43 pm, Alex de Kruijff wrote: > > > > If you've just installed a fresh FreeBSD system then there isn't > > much difference. I offten use the make method in this case. But I > > switch to portinstall a

Re: Port installation methods

2003-09-27 Thread Todd Stephens
On Saturday 27 September 2003 07:43 pm, Alex de Kruijff wrote: > > If you've just installed a fresh FreeBSD system then there isn't > much difference. I offten use the make method in this case. But I > switch to portinstall and portupgrade if I a) have updated /usr/ports > and b) have installed an

Re: Port installation methods

2003-09-27 Thread Alex de Kruijff
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 04:59:50PM -0400, Todd Stephens wrote: > Is there any benefit to using the standard 'make' method of installing > ports over the 'portinstall' command (or portupgrade -N), or > vice-versa? If you've just installed a fresh FreeBSD system then there isn't much difference. I

Port installation methods

2003-09-27 Thread Todd Stephens
Is there any benefit to using the standard 'make' method of installing ports over the 'portinstall' command (or portupgrade -N), or vice-versa? -- Todd Stephens "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato