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Re: newbie pkg question



Quoting John (03-May-01 20:57:50):

>> > pkg_add and the pkgsrc tree both recursively add dependencies
>> > automatically. It's a sysadmin's dream.
>>
>> > Do the pkg_add, and sit back and watch...
>>
>> Till now, I did the following:
>>
>>     make fetch-list | sh
>>     make
>>     make install
>>
>> What's the difference to your pkg_add way of doing it?

> I think I was being a little too general. There are two ways of
> installing software from the pkgsrc system:

> 1) Go to the web page and find a link to something you want to
> install, then use pkg_add to install it: pkg_add
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5/amiga/All/pine-4.33.tgz

Ok.

> 2) Or use the pkgsrc tree:
> cd /usr/pkgsrc/mail/pine
> make install

Ok.

> The make fetch-list | sh, make, and make install is all done
> automatically if you just type make install.

Good. That was another question I had. Thanks!

> Personally, I prefer to do all of me installs via the pkgsrc tree,
> as I prefer my localbase to be /usr/local, not /usr/pkg, and I
> prefer to optimise for each processor (CFLAGS+=-m68060 and
> M68060=YES, for example).

Where are those flags for processor optimization set (mk.conf or some
compiler options file)?

What's a good benchmark to check the performance?

TIA

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