Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:19:43 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alternative options for ports Message-ID: <200410151419.44415.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20041014135041.GB4625@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <416C0DE8.3000004@struchtrup.com> <20041014095355.GA61134@elendil.ru> <20041014135041.GB4625@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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--nextPart2252690.sySETBBIEs Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 14 October 2004 15:50, Fernan Aguero wrote: > IMHO, what we're discussing here, as many people more or less > directly pointed out, are the differences between a binary > oriented installation system, versus the source oriented > FreeBSD ports system. This is a misunderstanding on your part. FreeBSD (ports) isn't "source=20 oriented". Gentoo is source oriented. Packages built from ports are not jus= t=20 some weird side-product, port maintainers need to actively care about the=20 packages produced from their ports. > Thus, you always end up reasoning that building from source > is the way to go, if you want to have control over the > resulting binaries. Even in binary oriented systems. This is exactly why we need more fine-grained (slave-)-ports that translate= =20 features into binary packages which can be added and removed easily. If a=20 user asks "How can I get this or that feature in $package" and the answer i= s=20 "you need install the ports-collection, set some option and then recompile= =20 the port" it means that the port is flawed and a slave-port which translate= s=20 the feature into a binary package is needed. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart2252690.sySETBBIEs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.9.10 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBb8BgXhc68WspdLARAvg3AJ0eyrqgb/TlUUZMvrrSM7y4pX3MTgCdF4Va V7/7lwjMxUTqUVZDDFRJmbo= =Worj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2252690.sySETBBIEs--
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