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From: Mak Kolybabi <mak@mogigoma.com>
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Subject: Ports vs Pkgsrc
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Would anyone be able to either offer a link, or explain the differences between
NetBSD/DragonflyBSD's pkgsrc and FreeBSD/OpenBSD's ports systems? Google
searches such as 'pkgsrc vs ports' have yielded nothing satisfying.

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