Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:05:20 -0800 From: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Ports vs. RPM was:This will replace Linux? Message-ID: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C53150D@xfc04.fc.hp.com>
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> Well, there is rpmfind which servers as a locator service for rpms. > Unfortunately, you are correct. There are differences between the rpm > using Linux distributions that cause some rpm installations to fail > (i.e. SuSE rpms may not work with Red Hat). All in all, RPM does have > some nice features though. Never used rpmfind but I must say that ports is a much easier thing to use. I've had problems installing rpm's due to dependenciaes (and perhaps there was a switch I was missing or something). It's nice having a central software depot to get apps and source from, even if upgrading is not as easy with ports as it is with rpm I will take ports any day of the week. Gene To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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