I agree, though the extend of that depends on what you put on the machine and it's use.
On a typical server, with less that 100 external ports installed, FreeBSD will rarely need to rebuild libs, because most of the stuff links to the base.
On a typical desktop, with > 1000 ports installed, things get very messy. And the legacy package management of FreeBSD shows its limits. Things are improving, mainly with a move to improved binary tools, but it's been behind linux for a long time.
On a typical server, with less that 100 external ports installed, FreeBSD will rarely need to rebuild libs, because most of the stuff links to the base.
On a typical desktop, with > 1000 ports installed, things get very messy. And the legacy package management of FreeBSD shows its limits. Things are improving, mainly with a move to improved binary tools, but it's been behind linux for a long time.