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Old 12-25-2009, 08:41 AM   #28
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MacPorts advantages

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actually only if you are able to compile the application in question. and then you move your "size-problem" from the application to MacPorts.
True - but I already got QT for VLC and Sigil installed - so with MacPort instead of three QT installations I would have only one. The MacPorts version if VLC is 4.9M and the one of Sigil 3.0M.

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I've tried to build Python 2.6.4 on my 10.6, because the binary on the python.org is universal. But the make breaks with:
MacPorts already got Python 2.6 which compiles fine with 10.6. Not need to reinvent the wheel here.

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and this is just the start because every piece you find and add depends on something other.
Dependents of dependent are already handled by other maintainer. With over 6600 ports most stuff is already done in MacPorts.

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