Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 02:00:16 +0100 From: "Siegbert Baude" <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de> To: <01031149@3web.net> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports information & removal Message-ID: <049701c0ae7d$d72d7740$4011a8c0@wohnheim.uniulm.de> References: <86611571@toto.iv> <15025.48826.732802.344297@guru.mired.org> <20010316080254.A86901@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>
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> While on the subject of packages/ports, is the RPM methodology analogous > to FBSD's port or package system? Tia... You can get both sources and binaries in RPM-format. The normal way for most modern distributions seems to be spreading binaries. I think there would be the possibility with some post-install scripts to automatically start compilation and installation for source RPMs; but Linux people downloading source tarballs, tend to do this by hand. Ciao Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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