Subj : For you SBBS Sysops operating on *NIX, what's your flavor?
To   : Arelor
From : Accession
Date : Sun Jun 09 2024 18:59:00

Hello Arelor,

On Sun, Jun 09 2024 21:14:16 -0500, you wrote:

 A> One of the reasons why I think the BSDs rock is precisely because you
 A> can install binary packages if you are in a hurry, but if you want to
 A> install something after adding a custom patch yourself or do some nifty
 A> tricks, you can use the ports trees and build a package (with its
 A> dependencies) tailored to your system.

I usually do non-distro related compiles and custom patching on stuff I install to a src directory straight from github. If I'm using 'pkg install' on BSD, or 'pacman -S' on Arch, I usually tend to stick with that route. Not sure how it is these days, but I would assume mixing the two could lead to dependency issues or whatever else.

 A> In fact, one of the big pluses of Slackware is that it has ports-like
 A> tools that allow you to build your stuff as you see fit without needing
 A> to go the wacko-crazy way of building absolutely everything from the
 A> ground up :-p

If you have the time to spend on your distro, by all means go ahead and compile everything. However, I don't. :)

Regards,
Nick

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