Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:02:21 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Ports-Announce] Time to bid farewell to the old pkg_ tools Message-ID: <201402052202.s15M2Lha059200@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:38:45 GMT." <52F01A75.7050409@FreeBSD.org>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 03/02/2014 21:24, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >> be beneficial in a very short amount of time. Even if you prefer to > >> compile from source, > >=20 > > I use source, rarely if ever use packages, (except pkg_delete > > to remove old broken dependencies). No opinion which scrips are better.= > > >=20 > >=20 > >> you will still reap the benefits of the modern > >> packaging system. > >=20 > > In 10.0 FreeBSD `reaped the benefit` of a default new horrible > > registry that smells like Microsoft with quasi binary local.sqlite > > needing special tools. (Yes I know there's an export function.) > >=20 > > For 2 decade we've poured scorn on Microsoft & its opaque easily > > damaged hard to access registry, & lauded how with FreeBSD we can > > examine & manipulate & repair our text based equivalent with any > > number of personal choice text tools, & now FreeSBD is burdened by > > this horrible Microsoft style registry. > > You're being absurd. Immediately personal criticism is a poor way to start convincing. ports/ is not just for package addicts. I never install packages, but only build & install from ports/. sqlite junk obstructs /var/db/pkg being accessed by find & grep to debug breaking ports builds. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Interleave replies below like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative.
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