4 ms·
Generally people build BSD packages from source instead of installing binaries. (I think; I've not used BSD.)
by cbr 10y ago
Generally people build BSD packages from source instead of installing binaries. (I think; I've not used BSD.)
- protomyth 10y agoThe only time I build from source (ports) on FreeBSD is because the package maintainer picked "crappy"[1] options. On OpenBSD, I can generally find the flavor of port that has the options I want. If I cannot I resort to ports. 1) for my definition of crappy, not compiling PostgreSQL support is the most common for me
- clarry 10y agoOpenBSD user since 2009. I have never compiled a package from source. But they can break the ABI because they do not want to maintain compatibility with old proprietary binaries. It's a source world, in the sense that any software can and will be recompiled if and when needed. That doesn't mean every user has to compile their own system.
- madphrodite 10y agoI've used both, most bsd users have. Prefer packages but ports is useful for custom builds and desktop systems.