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		jen20 19 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I love FreeBSD What exactly do you think pkg(1) is for? [1] [1]: https://docs-archive.freebsd.org/doc/10.3-RELEASE/usr/local/...

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tosti 19 hours ago [–]

I just use pkgsrc from netbsd

jen20 19 hours ago | [–]

Ah right, that doesn’t have binary distribution at all.

Oh wait [1].

[1]: https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/bulk.html

tosti 1 hour ago | | [–]

Who besides Joyent and NetBSD would ever do a bulk build?

Portage can also do binary packages. That doesn't mean you have to have them. You can just not ever enable them and be fine.

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