Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:01:10 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Package Management Tools - a collection of descriptions Message-ID: <20030104130110.3d4c6613.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20030104064935.Q98148-100000@m20.unixathome.org> References: <20030104064935.Q98148-100000@m20.unixathome.org>
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On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 06:52:43 -0500 (EST)
Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote:
Hi,
A quick look at this part:
It appears that some sort of database is maintained containing
information on:
* Port ``packages'' that have been installed, with names and version
numbers, and
* Possibly (not entirely clear to me) information on what specific
files were installed.
Of course, every file installed is recorded, along with its md5 sum.
Also, information on what packages a given package depends on is
recorded as well.
The rest of the info seems to be okay, except someone could take
comparing the ports system with rpm a bit offensive ;-P I'd say the
closest Linux distro to the *BSDs when it comes to package management
would be Gentoo Linux. Most debian users hardly ever use source builds,
they just apt-get install foo, where foo is at least 3-4 major revisions
behind if you're running debian-stable :-P
Cheers,
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