On Sep 27, 2012, at 10:58 AM, Kuba Ober <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a question to satisfy my curiosity only. A while ago I've seen that a 
> ports system was the way to get software on freebsd -- this was on a server 
> my friend administers.

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/MacPortsHistory

> Is the port system very similar between freebsd and macports, or are those 
> things similar only in name and are really completely separate 
> implementations?

separate (MacPorts 'inspired by' FreeBSD ports)

> For example, would a "benign" portfile from MacPorts work with freebsd?

no

> Do they use tcl as well?


no
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