Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>
> Try to use ports the same way you use Debian packages: Build them
> on a separate machine or in a jail and install them afterwards.
> You'll know when compilation breaks without having a half destroyed
> system. You'll also have a matching set of binaries and libraries.
> Don't mix installation machine and build machine, there lays madness.
>
> I've used Debian for a long enough time to know that it has problems
> too, both with package management (ever had an update which tried to
> remove half of your packages?) and QA (Debian specific changes which
> break stuff and AFAIK are still in the tree).
>
> Joerg
Good advice!
*At least* always do a 'make' and look carefully at what it has wrought
- including reading the Makefile, docs,
and install scripts *before* you do a 'make install'.
Well worth the modest time invested.
Bill