ports && 10-CURRENT

John Marino freebsdml at marino.st
Wed Jun 19 18:55:14 UTC 2013


On 6/19/2013 20:52, Cy Schubert wrote:
> The point is, why install software permanently when you don't need to?	Or,
> go through the exercise of uninstalling build software post-install?

That's not pertinent for binary packages.  The build depends aren't tied 
to the final products.  It's just a build-for-source issue, and then you 
might as well leave them in place for the next port that needs that 
build dependency.  I don't really see the problem here.

John



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