Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You may want to look at some other Linux distros. The packages system > dates to about the same era as rpm/debs. The package system is much, > much more manageable than them. On the other hand, most Linux distros > have moved beyond those tools, to things like yum, apt-get and > up2date. Those incorporate the facilities that rpm and debs are > missing in a higher-level tool, and I think they are slightly more > manageable than freebsd packages. > > As far as I know, none of them handle updates from source at all. In > fact, dealing with sources seems to be a noticable weakness for them.
apt-get --build source <package-name> DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"