Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 17:10:26 -0500 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports vs. Gentoo Portage (a matter of concept) Message-ID: <20060207221026.GC2946@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <dsav13$99q$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <200602071149.31772.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> <43E88C64.40007@xs4all.nl> <43E8A7B3.3090707@meijome.net> <dsav13$99q$1@sea.gmane.org>
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in message <dsav13$99q$1@sea.gmane.org>, wrote martinko thusly... > > Norberto Meijome wrote: > > Hans Nieser wrote: > > > >>FreeBSD Prospect wrote: ... > >>What I am especially fond of in portage is the USE-flags and the > >>way you can specify then globally and individually for each > >>package and how you can get a nice, short overview of which > >>USE-flags a package uses and which of them are enabled with > >>"emerge -pv port". ... > there are global USE-flags in FreeBSD too and you also can > configure ports individually, but i'd agree that Gentoo way is > more transparent. Those USE_* flags are for port creators/maintainers not users/installers; user use of, well, USE_* flags may get you in a trouble. OTOH, WITH_* & WITHOUT_* flags lie in user domain. - Parv --
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