On Tuesday December 16 2014 11:25:01 Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> > And a FreeBSD build is supported but would be considered experimental if 
> > you read on the MacPorts
> > site.
> 
> Yes, MacPorts itself should be installable on non-OS X operating systems. 
> However, the collection of ports we have in MacPorts is meant for OS X and 
> many of them won't be installable on non-OS X operating systems. So if your 
> intention in installing MacPorts on FreeBSD is to install our ports on 
> FreeBSD, you're likely to be disappointed.

Also, MacPorts owes its name and overall approach to ... BSD port, which I 
think exists in FreeBSD ...


R.
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