From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 12 08:42:55 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A6875F for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:42:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6724@bellsouth.net) Received: from nm22-vm5.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm22-vm5.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [216.109.115.148]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A271694 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:42:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [66.196.81.164] by nm22.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jul 2013 08:36:31 -0000 Received: from [98.139.221.49] by tm10.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jul 2013 08:36:31 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp102.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jul 2013 08:36:31 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bellsouth.net; s=s1024; t=1373618191; bh=9J0GHx7cDfINSG8bE5V+2kyjE9KJj0Agr17hgGY3HVM=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:Message-ID:Date:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:From:To:CC:Subject; b=6ZMAJPyEGQzD4v+WufS5w4HWl1veFR/n4ilKWvs0oniWp7GL3XO1XAtwdN1tn6xNi4WH1rJFvzuezY/Dz7AWssWbUJtBk9DOdNyUMegrtmvaKoKkugoErdmV7cieYRGCBW71FJVHgm/fiOTzxxG29/KEv+SXvYpqP9R4dFQlK6I= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 340755.10068.bm@smtp102.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Message-ID: <340755.10068.bm@smtp102.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 01:36:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: .yUmD1EVM1mkidJTNIvgI1qUtbV9UoIiJoRc_w_9X5kIxFm nMkWATNO5slRzua_L0reNeLOcxIvsl35C6GyqO2GhyyzTSgSzOsp8cZLki5k uHuy30S3CzsdNMC6F_zGm6r.P07IZraGMtO9jQsVSgrX6pCtBnrkUnXGEfSk jDiRLpQb5q1MG6yLBQprxAkzVx_S9AmashLUR9WJM9Cz8BVJMpMEuzVGK4hM 9GtQHB281b9r7IfET6mdbOP.QUblTMOfF4m5Zy3MxFyS05HxTxwfaF358EYf 9.2DbDkrusxzCCXggktp8jI9F1TBuTps4BC3eH4v7Wz2hGjLc48trXHtz0Mh 0UPtJeVYNw5P0MEcs3xu6vybUAkgvQvOT85AbSUWW.nPhIhUP95ZIfqCtKBF ukH4eCZrSWxPVw_4SGWL2Z9D_XleHR.9v4b37cvSEeXs1b.d1N7qWqt.jxxL jaFr7SJ1Yo77mU4RTB2ZkWpN61949rnvnsw_d6SnHXZ9ccCivU0RuQ5DaArh VrBRsHxEwywPRksEKse6PpwFjemv1CdAfn6M1XY2zJirx0Q4w6fncA8NjIW0 1duIVMhbL X-Yahoo-SMTP: Kz_aW1.swBBYof3zAD7.RWzXz9ZAQVDMml1VADsbgPT4Kq79LC0- X-Rocket-Received: from localhost (mueller6724@74.130.200.176 with plain) by smtp102.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Jul 2013 01:36:31 -0700 PDT From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Use of sysutils/pacman in FreeBSD? Cc: amdmi3@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:42:55 -0000 I recognize pacman as a package manager for Arch Linux along with Arch Build System, but how would pacman be used in FreeBSD? Binary-only package manager or build from source for FreeBSD, or would it be used to add packages to an Arch Linux installation while running from FreeBSD? I notice pacman has also been ported to other Linux distributions, in some cases with substantial modifications. Tom