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Date:      Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:48:46 -0400
From:      Vladislav <reason@shadow.net>
To:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   [Q] packaging system
Message-ID:  <01080717073307.00729@ararat>
In-Reply-To: <01080714514503.00729@ararat>
References:  <199910211358.GAA94920@pau-amma.whistle.com> <01080714483902.00729@ararat> <01080714514503.00729@ararat>

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Hi,
I have read that FreeBSD by March of '99 will
have a demo of a new packaging system that
should be great 


This is a quote from  From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> 
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:28:52 -0800

[snip....]
FreeBSD is already working on a new packaging system using paid
contractors so that it actually happens this time.  We hope to have a
technology demonstrator by March of next year; I won't say too much
about it except to say that it's considerably more ambitious than any
of the existing (Linux, *BSD) packaging systems and does a better job,
IMHO, of handling both the front-end and security issues
[snip...]

I found it in one of the mailing list archives for OpenBSD.

The reason I am asking this is because I have tried to install
the some of the BSD ports (after reading the handbook, of course)
and noticed that I can either retreive the source from internet
(using make install in  the specific packages tree) or
use pkg_add on the binary packages from CD 3 (rel 3-3). But I think
those tools do not check what other dependencies (packages) are missing and
then download what is needed precompiled from internet; or,
if you unstall something it would install the dependencies.
(I was using apt-get on Debian Linux).  
So I am thinking that may be FreeBSD has other packaging
system that I am not using and may be I just need to enable it somehow?
(I did search freeBSD web site regarding this buy did not find
any specific links)

thanks in advance for any info,
Vladislav

P.S. I appologize for the date/time on my emails, my BIOS cannot
keep the time straight (or the clock battery is dying ....)


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