From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 17 15:13: 3 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 15:13:00 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailout06.sul.t-online.com (mailout06.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8668437B400 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:12:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from fwd00.sul.t-online.com by mailout06.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 147mzC-0002kd-01; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 00:12:58 +0100 Received: from jeffkelly (310048585289-0001@[217.2.189.95]) by fwd00.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 147myw-0Ei7E0C; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 00:12:42 +0100 Message-ID: <02b701c0687e$ba894460$5fbd02d9@jeffkelly> From: Jeff.Kelly@t-online.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Christian_Fl=FCgel?=) To: References: Subject: Ports vs. RPM was:This will replace Linux? Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:36:19 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Sender: 310048585289-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Dillon" To: "Allen Lynch" RPM isn't used because the RPM system sucks. FreeBSD has a superior > packaging and ports system, and it uses it. I have always wondered why FreeBSD claims that the Ports System is superior to the RPM packaging system used in most of the Linux flavors. Basically, from my point of view, both should provide similar features with regards to Dependancy checking etc. . Could anyone point out what makes the Ports collection better than Linux RPM ? Regards Christian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message