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Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org,
	Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org>
Subject: Re: DPS Initial Ideas
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Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> writes:
> Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> writes:
> [Linux package systems]
> > As far as I know, none of them handle updates from source at all. In
> > fact, dealing with sources seems to be a noticable weakness for them.
> This pretty much rules them out then.

It would, if it were true.  It isn't.

apt-get --build source package_name

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