Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 08:57:59 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port dependencies Message-ID: <20110403145759.GA92121@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4d97ba5a.199K2FcyLXA6%2Bb5f%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4D96668C.3090406@telting.org> <BANLkTinUz6DOMYhR7MHHtbMsK0UBNCwwBw@mail.gmail.com> <4d97ba5a.199K2FcyLXA6%2Bb5f%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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--huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 05:07:54PM -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2 April 2011 00:58, Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> wrote: > > > > > > One of my biggest gripes with the ports system is dependency hell. > > > > I think you've misunderstood the term dependency hell [1]. Anyone > > who has spent hours struggling with rpm ... would never dare to > > even think of such terms when using the Ports Collection. >=20 > Dependency purgatory? I'd say it's something more like "dependency real-world". Purgatory would be Ubuntu, where installing something with Synaptic doesn't require you to track all the (recursive) dependencies yourself, but uninstalling Evolution can break the whole system because of the insanely inclusive dependency policies for packages. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk2YivcACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUtHwCgpiHKtwNeOwvW2R6U2ixv1Slf XwUAn2trLF68mJDrtqgnc/V/rUys6M7Z =+4Ws -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --huq684BweRXVnRxX--
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