Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 09:40:46 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port dependencies Message-ID: <BANLkTinUz6DOMYhR7MHHtbMsK0UBNCwwBw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D96668C.3090406@telting.org> References: <4D96668C.3090406@telting.org>
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On 2 April 2011 00:58, Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> wrote: > > Just in a thoughtful mood and thought I'd to the question to the cloud. > > One of my biggest gripes with the ports system is dependency hell. I think you've misunderstood the term dependency hell [1]. Anyone who has spent hours struggling with rpm (ugh, or worse CMMI) to get x application installed which depends on y from z.alpha.com and s from t.beta.com, which also need rpm-ing with their own dependencies would never dare to even think of such terms when using the Ports Collection. I found it a miracle when I first moved! Chris [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_hell
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