On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 11:12:40AM -0300, Zantgo wrote: > What happens is that I tried to install things on the ports, but almost no > one serves me, I've only been able to install firefox, I tried also install > KDE, GNOME and KFCE, but I have been many errors, commonly solocionables, for > example I had to modify "REFRESH" to "true", but also to get out other > errors, commonly have a solution, but is a great problem to have to spend all > his time fixing bugs. Please tell me if it is natural to every time I > download large modifying ports so, if so, then why say "functional"? > > PS: I'm run 4.9 on 4.9 ports > > PS2: I do not like binary > > Zantgo >
Did you build 4.9 from source? If not, you are already using downloaded binaries. Building ports is good for checking if your hardware is sound. Building ports on -current is useful for modifying a port or adding a new port to ports tree. Building ports are also for adding programs/etc that do not have binaries. You could also build ports on 4.9 if you are customizing a port just for your needs.
