Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:19:28 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to upgrade packages on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120131081928.GA15414@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20120131015219.7f3e9e75.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAGy-%2Bi-6GLfoUuhUExjnVEKhM00TuUimhKuhboLkjBeXNk9hFg@mail.gmail.com> <20120130215826.140fa9df@mpw> <CAGy-%2Bi9pYgB3VjG8KQg98Bfr5Ax2BOLOnuqrzOe_P5juDe%2BVjw@mail.gmail.com> <20120130234946.e2747081.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAGy-%2Bi-bwgvf9UbMq0zUqPSzqPGcf%2B=Dv1pncbsL2AW6=80niA@mail.gmail.com> <20120131015219.7f3e9e75.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 01:52:19AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:40:50 -0500, David Jackson wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > > > > > Other things to keep in mind are language settings. One example is > > > OpenOffice which needs to have the language setting at compile > > > time, especially if you're not using the english language. > > > > You could compile a version of that for each language and I think > > thats what Ubuntu does, or, just compile maybe top 1 or 2 most > > commonly used language version and then other versions could be user > > compiled. > > There are, I think... at least 10 languages available, and combine this > with Gnome, KDE and CUPS support OFF or ON, and you have 10*2*2*2 = 80 > packages, and still no scheme to name them. :-) Don't forget compiling for multiple architectures. That adds more options -- and, unlike some of those other options, compiling for different architectures is often actually a mutually-exclusive option set. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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