On Tue, Nov 24, 1998 at 11:55:24PM -0500, Edward Ing wrote: > I liked it so much, I downloaded the FreeBSD port making tree into linux and > tried a "make install." > > It didn't work of course. But anybody got and idea about how much work it > would take to get whole ports structure paralleled for Debian or Redhat? All > the code is open, I believe.
There's not really much need, as I see it. A FreeBSD port consists off some control info and a patch; the makefile grabs the source off the net, applies the patch, and compiles and installs the software. Debian source packages also consist of the upstream source and a patch. However, we provide precompiled binaries for all the packages where FreeBSD do not. Because we provide binary packages, you can remove the software with "dpkg -r <packagename>"; there's no easy way to remove something installed through a port on FreeBSD, because there's no packaging information. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
