Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 13:47:33 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports and dependency hell Message-ID: <20170208134733.3d8a05c3@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <477a6db4-60c1-f6a3-fd47-a26699f8411b@freebsd.org> References: <11a62a44-1fef-0c58-da13-b024c28b4a5a@freebsd.org> <3790621b-de85-9d9e-f75b-568120c7faff@gjunka.com> <477a6db4-60c1-f6a3-fd47-a26699f8411b@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 16:03:56 +0800 Julian Elischer wrote: > On 8/2/17 3:17 am, Grzegorz Junka wrote: > > > > On 07/02/2017 18:03, Julian Elischer wrote: > >> This is a serious post on a serious issue that ports framework > >> people seem unaware of. > >> (...) > >> > >> The call "It just works under linux, select the versions you want > >> of each package and type make" is often heard around the company. > >> And management is not totally deaf. > >> > > > > Hi Julian, > > I may not fully understand how it works but what prevents you from > > getting sources for the version you want and typing make in them, > > exactly the way you do it in Linux? It should pick up the versions > > of dependencies currently installed in the system and compile for > > them. Is it only when you want to use the ports infrastructure that > > poses a problem? > > Nothing stops me from doing that. It's just that means that the ports > infrastructure is useless and a complete waste of time right? > I'm no ready to admit that, however I may just be in denial. It wasn't entirely clear what you were comparing FreeBSD ports with, is it specifically buildroot2?
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