From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 8 00:00:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF24016A420 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 00:00:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D62243D45 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 00:00:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 14965 invoked from network); 8 Feb 2006 11:00:02 +1100 Received: from andromeda.lef.com.au (HELO ?10.168.101.24?) (210.8.93.2) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 8 Feb 2006 11:00:02 +1100 Message-ID: <43E93475.4060909@meijome.net> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:59:49 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: martinko References: <200602071149.31772.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> <43E88C64.40007@xs4all.nl> <43E8A7B3.3090707@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports vs. Gentoo Portage (a matter of concept) 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: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:03 -0000 martinko wrote: > > i already raised the following issue with pkgtools.sonf here on MLs some > time ago but i didn't get a response i'd be happy with: > i want to make sure that a certain port will be compiled with a certain > make argument/flag. there are MAKE_ARGS in port tools but these are > used/applied differently depending on whether the port is compiled > directly or indirectly via a metaport and also if it's being compiled > for the 1st time or again. :-(( hmm i wasn't aware of those subtleties... portupgrade + pkgtools.conf seem to behave pretty well to me (again, maybe they are not compiling the way I need with no negative side effects that I can notice. > > besides, i should say i'm using mainly FreeBSD and occasionally i'm > playing with Gentoo but i consider the quality and stability of ports > provided to be (much) better than that of apps via portage. also, > syncing and updating portage tree is much more heavy (by which i mean it > takes much longer and downloads much more data) than updating ports > collection ah, definitely - fbsd port system seems to me much more stable and well behaved (it works as it should). and coupled with packages, it's just great. > (especially since portsnap has appeared). i have to say i still use cvsup...will have to give portsnap a try > not to mention that > Gentoo's system/base layout is still heavy evolving and frequent > changes to the format, contents and location of their /etc files are > happening quite so often, which wouldn't make any admin too happy. > true. though the system/layout it is evolving to is quite nice, IMHO. the "evolving too fast" feeling may come from being linux after all ;) Again, i think it's the best distro around for powerusers. Beto