Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:43:24 -0800 (PST) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD hacker 101 Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0801251142300.28096@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <864pd15163.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <84a208a0801232306k6a34134aqd549a1ba2160fe41@mail.gmail.com> <4798479B.9030406@delphij.net> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0801241524130.25709@libra.sfsu.edu> <20080124185522.23ca743f@bhuda.mired.org> <864pd15163.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-1903590565-1201290204=:28096 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8; format=flowed On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: > Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> writes: >> GNU/Linux isn't tied to rpm's; > > Actually, rpm is part of the Linux Standard Base specification, which > all major distributions implement. Debian derivatives use dpkg, but > still have a full set of rpm tools. Most distributions have higher- > level package management tools built on top of either rpm (like yum) or > dpkg (like apt), and in most cases the lower-level tools are only used > if something goes wrong. i don't recognize that as what i said, but i was trying to make the point that BSD DOESn't use rpm compression, and that was a point i was trying to make in terms of comparison/contrast > >> there are other packaging systems in use by different distros, >> including at least one that is based on the BSD ports system. > > s/based on/inspired by/ if you're thinking of Gentoo. > > DES > --=20 > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------* ---559023410-1903590565-1201290204=:28096--
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