Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:29:25 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: grgaud@sprint.ca (GR Gaudreau) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux? Message-ID: <199808131529.LAA05095@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <199808131455.KAA04329@hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca> from GR Gaudreau at "Aug 13, 98 10:41:11 am"
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GR Gaudreau wrote:
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> questions... speaking of which: what do you mean by "ports"? The only ports
> I know are the serial and printer ports in the back of my box. I'd really
> like to learn to do this right. Cao.
"port" is something akin to a source level RedHat .rpm, only it
doesn't have the source code -- only instructions about how to get it.
(Machine readable instructions, of course.) It also has patches,
a Makefile, and stuff like that. There's an intro to them on
the website with a link title something like "Ports -- a swell way
to install optional software".
A package is like a binary .rpm. A "port" can make a package, and/or
install the software directly.
Dave
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