Ports vs. Packages

[Adam McLaurin]

On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 19:25, Charles Howse wrote:
> Will doing it that way require all the compiling? 

No, packages are pre-compiled. Note that you'll sometimes have to wait a little longer to get the updated packages, since the maintainer has to submit a compiled binary, but doesn't always do so immediately after a port is updated.

-- 
Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo at gmx.net>
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