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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!news.sol.net!daily-planet.execpc.com!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech2!pirates!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48aoee$j59@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> <30A9C704.5D0C6A5@FreeBSD.org> Organization: Mordor International Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 13:49:37 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-ID: <DI37qp.Jyo@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 32 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:27285 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:8888 comp.unix.advocacy:10996 comp.unix.misc:19479 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8840 Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote: : That's interesting, since I generally have very little trouble porting : stuff to FreeBSD. However, papering over those niggling little : annoyances is what the FreeBSD ports collection (see : http://www.freebsd.org/ports) is all about. It's currently up to 361 : ports, in 26 different categories, and requires about 1.5MB of space : compressed. Clearly, we could triple this number (1000 ports being a : reasonable goal) and cover just about every branch of free software : without expanding much beyond 5MB, so I think it's reasonable to say : that rather than curse the darkness, why not light another candle in the : FreeBSD ports collection? :-) We've plenty of room for expansion, and : having a utility expressed as a port also buys you the ability to have a : packaged binary version of it (which can be added or deleted easily) at : no extra cost. 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). Best regards, Chris p.s. For future reference, where does one send a port? :) -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451