From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 21 20:32:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE0D416A408 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:32:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from qsmtp4.mc.surewest.net (qsmtp.mc.surewest.net [66.60.130.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A612413C45A for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:32:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: (qmail 31704 invoked from network); 21 Feb 2008 12:31:42 -0800 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 31676, pid: 31679, t: 3.3570s scanners: regex: 1.1.0 attach: 1.1.0 spam: 3.1.7-deb X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7-deb (2006-10-05) on qsmtp4.surewest.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.7-deb X-Spam-CMAE-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=41jxIN_Am77-M86Uf5YA:9 a=TyV5tZj4aPfkMjJHwEIA:7 a=-3DAw8JMlplxvQvV5W_UVmSgYSIA:4 a=b8hG5vVbyAkA:10 Received: from unknown (HELO blacklamb.mykitchentable.net) (69.62.230.77) by qsmtp4 with SMTP; 21 Feb 2008 12:31:38 -0800 Received: from [192.168.1.9] (tagalong.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.9]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 941D1164AFD; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:32:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47BDDFC2.20708@mykitchentable.net> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:32:02 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071128) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" References: <20080219114803.V2675@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080221065846.GB98271@demeter.hydra> <1203605931.2479.49.camel@p25dual1.lanl.gov> <200802211610.29520.wundram@beenic.net> In-Reply-To: <200802211610.29520.wundram@beenic.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jamesh@lanl.gov, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Linux distro X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:32:08 -0000 Heiko Wundram (Beenic) wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 21. Februar 2008 15:58:51 schrieb James Harrison: > >>>> 8. Most extensive collection of third party software (over 18000 ) only >>>> second to Debian. >>>> >>> Looking back at it, I'm surprised I didn't mention that. >>> >> Gentoo has over 24 thousand ebuilds, where an ebuild is their equivalent >> of a port: >> > > Err, don't confuse ebuilds with packages. A package is a piece of software > (which is the equivalent of a port), whereas an ebuild is an install script > for a specific version of a package. Normally, there's more than one version > of a package (more than one ebuild) available for a package, which makes the > ebuild count higher than the FreeBSD ports count, but the package count lower > (somewhere above 12000). > > This doesn't count slotted ebuilds: for example, Gentoo has just one gtk > package, which contains several ebuilds for slot 12 which is gtk-1.2.x and > several ebuilds for slot 20, which is gtk-2.x (different slots are treated as > different packages by the system internally), whereas FreeBSD has a gtk12 and > a gtk20 port, which installs the respective versions. > > So, basically whatever numbers you take, they can't be compared directly > anyway, but I guess that the number of ports is still higher than the Gentoo > amortized package count would be. > And also be aware that many utilities included in the FreeBSD base system are ebuilds in the Gentoo world. tcpdump and top are just two examples I can think of off the top of my head. Cheers, Drew