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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!agate!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!olsenc From: olsenc@kodiak.ee.washington.edu (Clint Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 15 Nov 1995 21:57:39 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 16 Message-ID: <48dnoj$55s@nntp5.u.washington.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48aoee$j59@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> <30A9C704.5D0C6A5@FreeBSD.org> <DI37qp.Jyo@ritz.mordor.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: smokey.ee.washington.edu NNTP-Posting-User: news Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:8740 comp.unix.advocacy:10897 comp.unix.misc:19433 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8831 In article <DI37qp.Jyo@ritz.mordor.com>, Chris Mauritz <ritz@ritz.mordor.com> wrote: > >Note, my experience has been that a noticeable portion of the ports >are broken. The pine/pico and tcsh ports come to mind. > >This isn't really a complaint, just a point of information. Turns >out there were binaries available in the packages area. I just >prefer to build my own (when it's possible). Here's another point of information :) The lynx port is busted as well. I find that BSD make is a big pain in the ass. If GNU ever adds the BSD extensions to make, I will be free from this beast forever. Yes, some of the ports are plug and pray :) -Clint