On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 09:31:55PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > separation which BSD does, which is good IMHO. But I don't know > FreeBSD well enough to be sure about any of this.
It all comes down to this. Use FreeBSD first, make suggestions next. If suggestions are rejected, continue work on Debian/FreeBSD. > > Those are weird directories. /usr is by definition (in the FHS > anyway) fairly static -- so /usr/local/var is a contradiction to me. The FHS is a load of crap. There are plently of standards existing beforehand for the layout of the UNIX filesystem.. Linux, aiming to act exactly like a UNIX, should follow these, not set their own standards. /usr/local/var is rarely occupied.. some ircds and whatnot use it. But, when there are non-essential logs/spools placed by a program that was installed by the user, they are free to use it. > > While the feature is lacking on paper, Real Life Usage(TM) shows > > ports/pkg_add > > to be superior. (Of course, YMMV) > > How so? I've never had problems updating my ports and packages. I've had to shuffle with apt-get a few times to get things to work sometimes. > > > I don't see how Debian handles dependencies better. DEPENDS with > > ports/packages works fine. > > Conflicts are, in our experience, a necessary part of the dependency > system. Debian wouldn't be nearly as good without it. And the virtual > package system, for that matter. There are only a handful of the 3,071 ports/packages that out and out conflict with another. And it is documented in the readme.. Less than ideal, yes, but it is being addressed in designing the 2nd-gen package system. Debian can feel free to step in and relicense code/donate time to help make our package system better. Everyone would be happier :) -Dan
