Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:51:03 -0400 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Dave Babb <dcbdbis@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Request for buildworld clarification Message-ID: <CAHu1Y70TnTmti9agYoNaaVfhdsFNTUqu5PuswxiPR%2BDEUR7%2Btw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK1LAM8AkHokus7rFCoYNb-Pj=RZqDxAbjaSnb40r44nmA@mail.gmail.com> References: <541093BB.5030808@comcast.net> <20140910215721.7731e99a.freebsd@edvax.de> <CA%2BtpaK1LAM8AkHokus7rFCoYNb-Pj=RZqDxAbjaSnb40r44nmA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sep 10, 2014 11:42 PM, "Adam Vande More" <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > > On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:08:59 -0600, Dave Babb wrote: > > > Good Afternoon All, > > > > > > > > > I am requesting a clarification on make buildworld. I am junior with > > > FreeBSD (< 8 months)...and I am getting confused with Gentoo's > > > definition of build world, and FreeBSD's. > > > > FreeBSD, unlike Linux, is separated in "the operating system" > > (consisting of "world" and "kernel"), and "everything else", > > which is what the ports collection contains (ports, packages > > and the like). > > > This is the right definition. To put it in a real world context, go on a > test linux system and delete every package. Try to recover. Now do the > same on a test FreeBSD system. After you have done this, you will > understand the advantages of separating the OS and applications. I agree, but there are packages in the base system that are not managed as packages. Even though there is general consensus that these are part of a "minimal" install, they should be in the pkg db to facilitate clean removal or replacement. In the past, sendmail and bind fit into this category. - M
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