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Date:      Mon, 16 Feb 1998 18:49:08 +0000 (GMT)
From:      John Goerzen <jgoerzen@alexanderwohl.complete.org>
To:        stephen farrell <stephen@farrell.org>
Cc:        John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com>, Vincent Defert <vdefert@trace.fr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD vs Linux
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.980216184712.524C-100000@alexanderwohl.cs.twsu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <87en15djyf.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu>

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On 15 Feb 1998, stephen farrell wrote:

> John Goerzen <jgoerzen@alexanderwohl.complete.org> writes:
> 
> > minor.  IMHO, the only exception to this is Debian's package management
> > system, which is far superior to FreeBSD's.  However, there's nothing
> 
> ???? What the freak are you talking about?  Even debian advocates HATE 
> it's package management system.  If you switch that sentence to read:

Stephen,

As somebody that routinely monitors both Linux and FreeBSD mailing lists,
you are quite incorrect. 

> 
> > IMHO, the only exception to this is Freebsd's package management
> > system, which is far superior to Debians
> 
> then we will be on the same planet.

In what possible way do you get this?  Many FreeBSD packages are broken,
etc.  For instance, xemacs gives a warning about a lock directory on every
execution.  FreeBSD upgrade is not nearly as easy as Debian.  It would be
really cool if somebody would take the Debian package system (which really
is not Linux-specific; it is hoped that it will be used on Hurd one day)
and use it with FreeBSD.

John

> 
> --
> 
> Steve Farrell
> 


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