Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:59:49 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports vs. Gentoo Portage (a matter of concept) Message-ID: <43E93475.4060909@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <dsav13$99q$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <200602071149.31772.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> <43E88C64.40007@xs4all.nl> <43E8A7B3.3090707@meijome.net> <dsav13$99q$1@sea.gmane.org>
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martinko wrote: > > i already raised the following issue with pkgtools.sonf here on MLs some > time ago but i didn't get a response i'd be happy with: > i want to make sure that a certain port will be compiled with a certain > make argument/flag. there are MAKE_ARGS in port tools but these are > used/applied differently depending on whether the port is compiled > directly or indirectly via a metaport and also if it's being compiled > for the 1st time or again. :-(( hmm i wasn't aware of those subtleties... portupgrade + pkgtools.conf seem to behave pretty well to me (again, maybe they are not compiling the way I need with no negative side effects that I can notice. > > besides, i should say i'm using mainly FreeBSD and occasionally i'm > playing with Gentoo but i consider the quality and stability of ports > provided to be (much) better than that of apps via portage. also, > syncing and updating portage tree is much more heavy (by which i mean it > takes much longer and downloads much more data) than updating ports > collection ah, definitely - fbsd port system seems to me much more stable and well behaved (it works as it should). and coupled with packages, it's just great. > (especially since portsnap has appeared). i have to say i still use cvsup...will have to give portsnap a try > not to mention that > Gentoo's system/base layout is still heavy evolving and frequent > changes to the format, contents and location of their /etc files are > happening quite so often, which wouldn't make any admin too happy. > true. though the system/layout it is evolving to is quite nice, IMHO. the "evolving too fast" feeling may come from being linux after all ;) Again, i think it's the best distro around for powerusers. Beto
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