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Re: Ports & Pkg Mgr


From: Wade <neroz@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:21:29 +0800

James Frazer wrote:
Wade wrote:

Why are ports going to be used rather than an actual package management system?


The two could work very well together if implimented correctly. They solve two different problems. I'm not sure if anyone ever suggested to choose one over the other.


-James


Package Management Systems can be used for both, as long as the result of the source compile is packaged + installed at the end rather than dumped into the filesystem.




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