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Old 29th January 2014
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Originally Posted by chessmaster View Post
I'm curious why would one want to use binary instead of ports?
Another reason is convenience. We don't mix and match -current ports with -release or -stable systems, so there isn't a common need for users of those flavors of the OS to build their own packages.
On OpenBSD, the ports tree is required to be kept in sync with with the OS, primarily to ensure correct library functions.


Last edited by jggimi; 29th January 2014 at 02:11 PM. Reason: clarity
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