Re: make vs. pkg_add

2003-11-23 Thread Eric F Crist
On Saturday 22 November 2003 10:00 pm, Patrick Burnett wrote: Hi all, Not that I expect to be swayed one way or the other here, but... I'm curious to see what other users think of using either the 'make' commands or 'pkg_add' for compiling and installing software. I'm admittedly a bit of a

make vs. pkg_add

2003-11-22 Thread Patrick Burnett
Hi all, Not that I expect to be swayed one way or the other here, but... I'm curious to see what other users think of using either the 'make' commands or 'pkg_add' for compiling and installing software. I'm admittedly a bit of a newbie, and I've tried it both ways, after CVSup-ing the source

Re: make vs. pkg_add

2003-11-22 Thread paul beard
On Nov 22, 2003, at 8:00 PM, Patrick Burnett wrote: I'm probably doing something wrong such that 'make' isn't playing nice, but I'd still appreciate some further insight from more experienced users. Perhaps you could explain more about what difficulties you're having. I have used both pkg_add