Re: [PLUG] dpkg help needed

[Pat Regan <thehead@patshead.com>]

John Von Essen wrote:
> Why can't debian and other distro's just steal the ports system design  
> from FreeBSD and call it a day.
> 
> My experience with debian apt-get is that after enough time passes and  
> enough pkg's are installed, it's guaranteed to get screwed up so bad -  
> its unfixable. At that point you have re-install the OS and start over  
> from scratch.
> 

My desktop and laptop had been running the the same install since around
the time Debian Woody went stable right up until I installed Ubuntu late
last year.  I never had any problems that weren't easily fixed.

> Though... Nothing holds a candle to the FreeBSD ports system.

What exactly is the advantage of FreeBSD ports over apt and dpkg?

Pat

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