Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:21:41 -0500 From: Kristoph Yates <kyates@wspice.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Why does PORTS SUCK so BADLY!? Message-ID: <3905F045.9060804@wspice.com>
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Hi, That is my question.=A0 It seems the idea behind ports is trapped in the = 70's.=A0 They hardly work and many times get errors about "file not found= " = or something equally annoying.. so I have to go in and screw with it "by = hand" which is no problem for me.. but the newbies are another story. Once I ran make lynx and it said I had to have X11 installed.=A0 What a = crock.. another fine example is openssl ...=A0 It wants the useless RSARE= F = crap.=A0 What a crock!=A0 What does Satoshi Asami have to say about the = disorganization of the ports collection?=A0 When will FreeBSD come up wit= h = something more reliable?=A0 Yes, I cvsup'd the latest ports as of about a= = week ago. The only reason I would like to see ports be more reliable is because I = have lots-o-people that want to run *nix.. so I recommend to them = FreeBSD.=A0 If ports were more reliable, I would spend less time on the = phone/net helping people install stuff on their FreeBSD boxes. =A0 So far= , = the easiest solution is to tell them to try Linux.=A0 rpm --install = blahblahblah seems to work better for newbies than depending on the = ports and these folks are pretty brainless when it comes to installing=A0= = things "by hand ", the "old fashioned way". Any info would be appreciated.=A0 Please respond via email as I am not = subscribed to the list. thanks, kyates@wspice.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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