Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:52:06 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Jason La <jasonla_@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD Packaging System Message-ID: <20000828145206.A65055@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <F129jnzi95HfqR77bie0000019a@hotmail.com>; from jasonla_@hotmail.com on Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 02:23:00PM -0700 References: <F129jnzi95HfqR77bie0000019a@hotmail.com>
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On Thu 2000-08-24 (14:23), Jason La wrote: > Does anyone know if FBSD is working a new packaging system? The current one > (pkg_add, pkg_delete, etc) isn't very powerful or flexible. Can you elucidate a bit more on what bits you consider underpowered or inflexible? The only concern is upgradeability, really. > FBSD supposedly supports rpms, but I have tried to install rpms on a > FBSD 4.0 system, and it required some GNU libs that were missing. It supports RedHat RPMs installed into the Linux compatibility system /compat/linux, which must be prepopulated with Linux libraries (/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base). Yes, we're working on a new packaging system. Join libh@FreeBSD.org for more information. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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