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I am curious what you find wrong with FreeBSD's package management, or is it in reference to packages and does not include ports?
by wwortiz 16y ago
I am curious what you find wrong with FreeBSD's package management, or is it in reference to packages and does not include ports?
- rbanffy 16y agoSource-based packaging is slower than binary packages. The binary package system, although it exists, is not as simple to use. In Red Hat-ish distros, I can do "yum update". In Debian-ish distros, I can run "aptitude safe-upgrade". On Debian, I can even do a dist-upgrade and update the box to a new release without having to reinstall it (or boot into the installer). Everything is downloaded, installed and, if needed, restarted. Very close to zero downtime.