Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 13:06:29 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: Kristoph Yates <kyates@wspice.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why does PORTS SUCK so BADLY!? Message-ID: <00042713071401.00383@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <3905F045.9060804@wspice.com>
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How can mannually collecting the dependicies for RPMs be any better than ports do ing it automatically for you. without user intervention. On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Kristoph Yates wrote: > Hi, > > That is my question. It seems the idea behind ports is trapped in the > 70's. They hardly work and many times get errors about "file not found" > or something equally annoying.. so I have to go in and screw with it "by > hand" which is no problem for me.. but the newbies are another story. > > Once I ran make lynx and it said I had to have X11 installed. What a > crock.. another fine example is openssl ... It wants the useless RSAREF > crap. What a crock! What does Satoshi Asami have to say about the > disorganization of the ports collection? When will FreeBSD come up with > something more reliable? Yes, I cvsup'd the latest ports as of about a > week ago. > > The only reason I would like to see ports be more reliable is because I > have lots-o-people that want to run *nix.. so I recommend to them > FreeBSD. If ports were more reliable, I would spend less time on the > phone/net helping people install stuff on their FreeBSD boxes. So far, > the easiest solution is to tell them to try Linux. rpm --install > blahblahblah seems to work better for newbies than depending on the > ports and these folks are pretty brainless when it comes to installing > things "by hand ", the "old fashioned way". > > Any info would be appreciated. Please respond via email as I am not > subscribed to the list. > thanks, > kyates@wspice.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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