Re: Ports or packages

[Chuck Yerkes <chuck+obsd@2004.snew.com>]

Quoting Carl Libra (calibra_2@hotmail.com):
> Hi,
> 
> Im new to OpenBSD but have been working with NetBSD for a while. Under 
> NetBSD I was always working with ports and compiling them from source. But 

And pkgsrc works under OpenBSD if you feel the compulsion...

> under OpenBSD it seems to be the way to install precompiled packages. What 

>From what do you draw this conclusion?

> way should I go under OpenBSD .. source or binaries.
> 
> What I need to install is:
> 
> Postfix
> Openwebmail
> These should use MySQL to use virtual domains and user authentication
indeed, they are all there in /usr/ports!

> Apache with OpenSSL (also with vritual domains)

Apache, er, COMES with the OS (quite annoying that perl and ssl
and apache don't on netbsd.