Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 12:11:36 CDT From: "Amy Wennings" <amybsd@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeLinux (Debian/GNU BSD) Message-ID: <19990709171138.21783.qmail@hotmail.com>
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I'm curious to know, before any other conversation, just what's more wonderful about Debian's package system. The port system's worked like a dream for me. I love it, and I've yet to run into problems. What benefits would come from using the Debian package system? Are the enhancements things which could easily be glommed onto the existing port system? Are people just wishing for a nice GUI? >From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> >To: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> >CC: Nate <publisher@laptop.ompages.com>, >freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG,debian-devel@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: FreeLinux (Debian/GNU BSD) >Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:56:36 -0500 (CDT) > >[Moved this to the -ports list since this is a ports issue for > FreeBSD. Also removed one of the debian lists to cutdown on > cross-posting.] > >On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Gary Kline wrote: > ># This all sounds great, uniting Debian and BSD ># (FreeBSD, say) --- I ran Debian for several ># months before putting FBSD on both my systems. ># ># The thing is: the organization and the effort ># (work!) required. ># ># Anybody out there with a few thousand hours ># to spare? ># ># gary > >This has been discussed several times in recent months on the >Debian lists. I participated briefly in one of the more recent >ones. I offered my assistance, boxes to do the work on, they >(Debian) even setup a mailing list (debian-bsd) I believe, and >I worked up a set of patches to get dpkg to compile on a FreeBSD >box. But it seems interest has fallen off since the mailing list >doesn't seem to work anymore (or didn't for a peroid of time >immediately following one of my posts several months ago). > >-steve > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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