ports make search?

Jerry jerry at seibercom.net
Thu May 21 09:59:48 UTC 2015


On Wed, 20 May 2015 18:59:26 -0453, William A. Mahaffey III stated:

> Yes, that is one of the attractions of pkg's vs. ports, *much* quicker 
> installs. Some months ago, I compiled the iceweb port, took over 5 hours 
> on this box. The pkg install a week or 2 later took 30 sec.

"pkg" is fine if all you need are default options on your applications. I
find that to be a showstopper for me in all too many instances.

-- 
Jerry

Strange how nations, born with freedom in mind, have turned so intolerant to
the individual.
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