Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 17:53:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Kristoph Yates <kyates@wspice.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why does PORTS SUCK so BADLY!? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004251750060.2099-100000@rac6.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <3905F045.9060804@wspice.com>
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> That is my question. It seems the idea behind ports is trapped in the > 70's. They hardly work and many times get errors about "file not > found" or something equally annoying.. so I have to go in and screw > with it "by hand" which is no problem for me.. but the newbies are > another story. Once I ran make lynx and it said I had to have X11 > installed. What a crock.. another fine example is openssl ... It > wants the useless RSAREF crap. What a crock! What does Satoshi Asami > have to say about the disorganization of the ports collection? When > will FreeBSD come up with something more reliable? Yes, I cvsup'd the > latest ports as of about a week ago. The only reason I would like to > see ports be more reliable is because I have lots-o-people that want > to run *nix.. so I recommend to them FreeBSD. If ports were more > reliable, I would spend less time on the phone/net helping people > install stuff on their FreeBSD boxes. So far, the easiest solution > is to tell them to try Linux. rpm --install blahblahblah seems to > work better for newbies than depending on the ports and these folks > are pretty brainless when it comes to installing things "by hand ", > the "old fashioned way". Any info would be appreciated. Please > respond via email as I am not subscribed to the list. thanks, > kyates@wspice.com > I only have a couple of things to say to you about the ports collection. First off, you must be doing something wrong because I have NEVER had any of these problems. Second, many people's main reason for moving to FreeBSD _IS_ the ports tree. All you need to do is be sure you're connected to the internet when you go and type make somewhere, and all dependencies are fetched. I have had very few problems with the ports tree, and it has only made my life easier. ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best OS around. | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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