On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 09:35:02AM -0700, Wells Oliver wrote: > Do people really still build from source these days? Are there highly > secured environments where binary repositories etc are a no-go? In FreeBSD's ports system https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/ most applications were build by a full patch/configure/make/install process. For a short comparison of pro/cons of installing from ports vs. from pre-compiled packages, see there. cheers Norbert Poellmann.
