On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Ajai Khattri <a...@bitblit.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Justin Hileman wrote:
>
>> Homebrew is built on git and really simple ruby "recipes".
>
> Sounds like Portage (the Gentoo Linux package system, which builds
> everything from source using 'ebuild' files that tell the installer how to
> build a package).

It is, in fact, a lot like Portage... From the Homebrew FAQ:

    Q: How about Gentoo Prefix?

    A: Gentoo Prefix seems pretty cool, but it isn’t optimised
specfically for Mac users and it duplicates worse than MacPorts,
including gcc and all that jazz. Otherwise I’d use it.



-- 
justin
http://justinhileman.com
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