Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:27:33 +0100 From: "martinko" <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: Parv <parv@pair.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports vs. Gentoo Portage (a matter of concept) Message-ID: <20060208082710.M61034@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <20060207221026.GC2946@holestein.holy.cow> References: <200602071149.31772.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> <43E88C64.40007@xs4all.nl> <43E8A7B3.3090707@meijome.net> <dsav13$99q$1@sea.gmane.org> <20060207221026.GC2946@holestein.holy.cow>
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On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 17:10:26 -0500, Parv wrote > in message <dsav13$99q$1@sea.gmane.org>, wrote martinko thusly... > > > > Norberto Meijome wrote: > > > Hans Nieser wrote: > > > > > >>FreeBSD Prospect wrote: > ... > > >>What I am especially fond of in portage is the USE-flags and the > > >>way you can specify then globally and individually for each > > >>package and how you can get a nice, short overview of which > > >>USE-flags a package uses and which of them are enabled with > > >>"emerge -pv port". > ... > > there are global USE-flags in FreeBSD too and you also can > > configure ports individually, but i'd agree that Gentoo way is > > more transparent. > > Those USE_* flags are for port creators/maintainers not > users/installers; user use of, well, USE_* flags may get you in a > trouble. OTOH, WITH_* & WITHOUT_* flags lie in user domain. > > - Parv > > -- sorry, i had WITH[OUT] flags on my mind, of course.. :o) m.
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