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
... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
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