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I've heard time and again that you should either build everything from ports of install pkg binaries? I believe it's because of different use flags (in Gentoo l

by cm3 11y ago

I've heard time and again that you should either build everything from ports of install pkg binaries? I believe it's because of different use flags (in Gentoo lingo), so maybe you mean that one would build everything privately in a consistent poudriere repo with personal settings and only ever install packages from there. Is that right?

floatboth 11y ago
Uh… no? Unless you really customize all the options I guess. There's no reason to rebuild the exact same package you'll get from the repo. E.g. I install all firefox's dependencies from pkg, then I build firefox from ports with the GTK3 option. Same with packages that use openssl (I use libressl). Never had any problems with that.
aduitsis 11y ago
As floatboth said, there's really no reason to build every minor package by hand. Only those that you want to change the config or their dependencies.
Sanddancer 11y ago
You can mix and match. The only problem comes if you have flags in a dependency that don't match the flags in the package pkg wants to install. A bit bothersome, but it allows you the best of both worlds.