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Sometimes [FreeBSD] ports make me cry

• dazzawazza 17y ago
  Doesn't PC-BSD do all the hard work for you with it's package system? http://www.pcbsd.org/ http://www.pcbsd.org/
• blasdel 17y ago
  You run into the exact same problem with almost all rolling-release systems -- FreeBSD ports, MacPorts, Gentoo Portage, etc. I think it's totally worth the compilation annoyance, even if it does attract ricers: http://funroll-loops.info http://funroll-loops.info It looks like Arch Linux has solved it for most cases by having packages pre-built for the common options when they get checked into the rolling repo.
• c00p3r 17y ago
  FreeBSD runs well under KVM or MS Virtual Whatever-Its-Name-Today. Just install a copy and build packages you want. btw, /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade is your friend.
• joshu 17y ago
  FreeBSD has binary packages. Just tell it to use them.