FreeBSD packages normally bloated

[hruodr]

Why don't you put a public boinc build, slimmed down, in /opt?

I got error trying to built.

There is no binary release for freebsd 15:

Download BOINC client software

boinc.berkeley.edu

 

[cracauer@]

I got error trying to built.

There is no binary release for freebsd 15:

Download BOINC client software

boinc.berkeley.edu

You can apply the FreeBSD port patches, and then ./configure --prefix /opt/boinc && make && make install in the workdir.

That way you'll have a working boinc with your options frozen in time that won't be touched by pkg. Of course you will have to manually update when security fixes are released.

 

[kpedersen]

Putting more libraries, dependencies, would bloat my system.

Yes, while you do end up with multiple copies of i.e zlib, they are encapsulated within a single folder that can be upgraded by simply deleting and replacing.

In UNIX terms, agreed, this is bloated (uses more filesystem) but logically it is cleaner, lighter and more resilient to versioning differences.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

Either packages or ports, not mixture, is the rule.

It's not a rule. It's a precaution. You have to be careful which packages and ports get installed and from which build. People do it. I have. But it's not something to be taken lightly.