From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 31 08:19:30 2012 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 5D4FD106564A for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:19:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy3.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A83E8FC0A for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:19:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 5715 invoked by uid 0); 31 Jan 2012 08:19:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 31 Jan 2012 08:19:29 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=trEhdNMC565c5CX/j77VHZJOwU7oY0ExkmO34cjZcaE=; b=dZqS82qrgwmnpGBD97dXXFYixcEgoW5zaZohvDMiXIA3B1kZOdygKZabGoOgd0tIQnMDWgVFgN9DjVeqSDIQDDD0V6RVi8KpP3L1+uNNNaojFfdYkWPPsXgXeaqmXKAO; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Rs8w5-0007W8-39 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:19:29 -0700 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:19:28 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120131081928.GA15414@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20120130215826.140fa9df@mpw> <20120130234946.e2747081.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120131015219.7f3e9e75.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120131015219.7f3e9e75.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Unable to upgrade packages on FreeBSD 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: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:19:30 -0000 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 ]