Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:10:16 -0600 From: Greg Groth <ggroth@gregs-garage.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to upgrade packages on FreeBSD Message-ID: <4F274D88.5050300@gregs-garage.com> In-Reply-To: <20120131001321.GA38503@limerick.barragry.com> References: <CAGy-%2Bi-6GLfoUuhUExjnVEKhM00TuUimhKuhboLkjBeXNk9hFg@mail.gmail.com> <20120130215826.140fa9df@mpw> <CAGy-%2Bi9pYgB3VjG8KQg98Bfr5Ax2BOLOnuqrzOe_P5juDe%2BVjw@mail.gmail.com> <20120130222828.GA1814@hemlock.hydra> <20120131001321.GA38503@limerick.barragry.com>
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On 1/30/2012 6:13 PM, freebsd-lists-erik@erikosterholm.org wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 03:28:28PM -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: >> You talk a lot about how easy it is to maintain a binary package system. >> I would like you to convince me that it is easy, keeping in mind that it >> should remain compatible with the ports system. I am willing to be >> convinced. >> >> -- >> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > > Oh come on, guys. David is the same person who said that FreeBSD was > poorly documented. > > http://osdir.com/ml/freebsd-questions/2011-12/msg00684.html > > I really hate throwing around the 'T' word, but I'm starting to > wonder. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt a bit longer. > > David, it's increasingly clear that FreeBSD is not going to fit your > needs. If, for some reason, you are interested in the FreeBSD kernel, > but binary packages, consider GNU/kFreeBSD. I'm finding this conversation very amusing. After playing with I don't know how many Linux distributions since the mid-90's, and running into the same problem of things breaking after updating binary packages, I moved to FreeBSD around 5.0 for my web server. Since that time, I've forced to do one reinstall due to a hardware failure, somewhere around 7.0. I am now running 8.2. After going through I can't remember how many upgrades and updates, I've only had a couple of minor issues over the years (most were resolved after reading Updating after the fact ;-) ). I'll give up the time savings of binary packages vs. the dependability of compiling stuff myself any day. Greg Groth
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