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From: jimd@dutton4.it.siu.edu (Jim Dutton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: why won't xpm make?
Date: 14 Apr 1997 03:32:57 GMT
Organization: Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
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In article <ksqri5.fv1.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com>,
conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) writes:
> In article <334D88DF.41C67EA6@magicnet.net>,
> King Kaos <kingkaos@magicnet.net> writes:
>
> [ problems compiling the xpm port ]
>
> Why not just grab the package instead? It's already been built for you!
Maybe because the first item available on the Web page for extra software
IS the Ports directory. One has to know their way around the Web pages
to find the Packages directory, and if Packages aren't offered up front
on the "home page" but Ports are, why bother? This is also true for FTP
access.
Besides, not all Ports have an equivalent Package, and it is even more
confusing now with the multiple Ports and Packages subdirectories, when
you go to the "Getting FreeBSD .." page, and not all applications are
available under all associated subdirectories (OS versions).
In this case, then, going to the Ports directory from the FreeBSD
"home page" is much simpler, even if there may be a ready-to-go
package somewhere else.
Then again, maybe King Kaos had an entirely different reason for
grabbing a Ported verson of an application, rather than its
Packaged version?