On 2008-12-31, at 10:23, Joshua Rodman wrote:
The BSD people, whose package management system is pathetically
inadequate
This is a use of "inadequate" that I haven't run into before. Usually
that implies that it's worse, rather than better, than the system one
is advocating.
I'm still digging into RPM and hating it more and more (see my
previous hate). The BSD ports system:
* Uses standard file formats for packages, so you don't have to run an
obscure and poorly documented "rpmbuild" program that scribbles over
the system while it's running to build the package.
* Supports package dependencies cleanly and consistently, so you don't
have to play games with meta-package-system-of-the-week. A problem
shared by dpkg and RPM both.
* Is well documented.
* Supports automated upgrades, out of the box.
It's not perfect, but compared to what Linux folks have to deal
with... ye gods.
