Re: Necessity of rebuilding pkgsrc after updating the system

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-netbsd%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On 17 August 2015 at 15:47, Pongthep Kulkrisada <ptkrisada%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> * Eric Haszlakiewicz (erh%nimenees.com@localhost) wrote:
>> However, you can try "pkgin full-upgrade" and see if it works for you.  (assuming you just want to install pre-built packages, and don't have customizations to the builds)
> I have never used pkgin.
> I always do everything from source.
> Except for the first installation from iso image.

Out of curiosity, is there any reason why you must install from
sources: performance or what else?

I really like pkgin and, if it wasn't for the fact that sometimes
there are massive build failures on Netbsd production servers, I'd use
it all the time.