Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:35:28 +0000 From: George Cox <gjvc@extremis.demon.co.uk> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What are the differences? Message-ID: <20000127223528.A2758@extremis.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3890A94C.3A424949@nwlink.com>; from rjoseph@nwlink.com on Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 12:23:40PM -0800 References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10001270958280.4470-100000@mail.telestream.com> <3890A94C.3A424949@nwlink.com>
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On 27/01 12:23, R Joseph Wright wrote:
> I cannot agree here. I've had too many Error Code 1's while building
> ports, and even a few kernel panics. I think the ports have a long way
> to go. FreeBSD could use a better packaging system for the installation
> of binaries for those of us who don't want to compile every program we
> put on our systems. "pkg_add" is adequate, but not nearly as advanced as
> rpm.
Please do not spread such disinformation unless you know what you are
talking about. In this case you apparently don't. Your kernel panics
while building are more than likely dodgy hardware. (Check your memory)
Given a few months more experience, I bet you won't be speaking ill of the
ports system. :-)
best;
gjvc
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