From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 2 08:41:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6A3A106564A for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 08:41:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CF638FC0A for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 08:41:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so3703043bwz.13 for ; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:41:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=aCxfkm9PaQy/KXRgZe5/tv2zj85mXycKzvyllFifEjU=; b=Y1pc5ELNX8yxTYWA8ZBZz7KmaYyJ3t89nL5HgnBD7FpO9iIritCocQpidmjknyxksn jBGrY1DaprZ/X1vuzVKsf0kOAVh7fabS8CG4TOUqVRTxGORcHdQ47hIjaKYTDxk9Q912 a0RfHNFF+AQtpTl9z/bUUHQ0spd/gtzR5XXL8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; b=IMGrNHdVT/GkNy1CrXXX84Td8UXhW3PhLvY+WTua9npYCXJSZsv5gd5HXefIxtPL4C I03cZTnTxlAi+TCoWmEWpwqmJEJj8xEwaCfvnrCZPDKS+hdv73B+XnQw9N3jHNUmnBcb eYp60NSSErtKdRIILMLZOjZgKAVVBpJiRFC90= Received: by 10.204.19.14 with SMTP id y14mr4425347bka.187.1301733676185; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:41:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.64.142 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 01:40:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4D96668C.3090406@telting.org> References: <4D96668C.3090406@telting.org> From: Chris Rees Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 09:40:46 +0100 Message-ID: To: Chris Telting Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port dependencies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:41:17 -0000 On 2 April 2011 00:58, Chris Telting wrote: > > Just in a thoughtful mood and thought I'd to the question to the cloud. > > One of my biggest gripes with the ports system is dependency hell. I think you've misunderstood the term dependency hell [1]. Anyone who has spent hours struggling with rpm (ugh, or worse CMMI) to get x application installed which depends on y from z.alpha.com and s from t.beta.com, which also need rpm-ing with their own dependencies would never dare to even think of such terms when using the Ports Collection. I found it a miracle when I first moved! Chris [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_hell