Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 20:12:14 +0100 From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc> To: FreeBSD Prospect <mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports vs. Gentoo Portage (a matter of concept) Message-ID: <bbe90d1d0602071112p2799d613seb04f3455af0cf55@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200602071235.01090.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> References: <200602071149.31772.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> <43E88043.4050002@forea.ch> <200602071235.01090.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org>
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On 2/7/06, FreeBSD Prospect <mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> wrote: > The approach with different qualification of a software state (stable / > unstable at least) is a common way to go, as it is handled with the FreeB= SD > OS (release / stable / current). That's why I wanted to know, how everybo= dy > else is comming along with such a system missing for the ports collection= . Alot of the software in the ports tree comes in several versions. E.g mysql323-server, mysql40-server, mysql41-server and mysql50-server. Another example is gcc which comes in nine different versions in ports. Also a huge number of ports comes in a both a "foo" and a "foo-devel" version. The ports system itself is ignorant of these subtleties, though, and it is you own responsibility to find whatever version suits your needs and requirements best.
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