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Old 28th October 2009
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Real Name: Tim
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I must have been doing something wrong with packages then. I always had errors installing packages, so I started to use ports and never looked back. I have to confess I haven't tried any packages on FBSD for some time.

On OpenBSD I had exactly the opposite experience where I could never seem to get a clean compile so I use packages exclusively on OBSD. At this point I'm happy with both and more proficient with BSD than I was when I was a n00b. I think I may try packages on the next deployment I do on FBSD. I know the end result is the same but I once compiled Plesk on FBSD and you can't imagine how long that took. I would have loved it if they had a package at the time but the port was the only way.

Good information guys, you got me thinking outside my normal tunnel vision.

-Tim
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