Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 15:04:48 -0600 From: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: New package system (was Re: Sanity regained -- back with the best) Message-ID: <37924170.49BA7266@verinet.com> References: <4.2.0.58.19990718101705.00ccb720@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote: > > At 04:36 AM 7/18/99 -0500, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > > >Feels so good to be back with FreeBSD. I cannot believe the difference between > >it and Linux. Linux's multitasking can't hold a candle to FreeBSD's. No sir, > >no way, no how. Tried playing MP3s under Linux on this 166 MHz box; choppy, > >choppy, choppy. Under FreeBSD, smooth as butter. Simply no comparison. And > >the RPM system doesn't even come close, IMHO, to matching FreeBSD's > >ports/packages system. > > Yep, the only one that's better, IMHO, is Debian's; among other things, it lets > you bring things in directly from a Web browser (such as Lynx). Speaking of which, > what is the status of FreeBSD's new ports/packages system? When I last inquired, the new code was not far enough along to leave the nest yet. The other concern is it requires egcs (template support is key I believe,) and a few other tools which had not imported into the tree yet. This was sometime around 3.1-RELEASE. Jordan provided this information. Please forgive me if I am paraphrasing incorrectly. An update would be helpful. -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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