On 20-Aug-2007, at 14:55, Michael G Schwern wrote:
dpkg started back in 1993. FreeBSD port make macros started in
1994. I
doubt dpkg is a clone of ports.
Debian didn't include dependency handling at all, ports was the first
package system to do that and all the rest added it on later in
* Michael G Schwern schw...@pobox.com [2007-08-20 22:00]:
dpkg started back in 1993. FreeBSD port make macros started
in 1994. I doubt dpkg is a clone of ports.
dpkg != APT
APT was publically released in 1999, assuming that 30 secs with
Google didn't get this wrong. But I remember that when I
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:58:54PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
* Michael G Schwern schw...@pobox.com [2007-08-20 22:00]:
dpkg started back in 1993. FreeBSD port make macros started
in 1994. I doubt dpkg is a clone of ports.
dpkg != APT
True, and Apt is a wonderful tool that I love.
But
Hi Joshua,
* Joshua Rodman jrod...@ducker.org [2007-08-21 00:30]:
True, and Apt is a wonderful tool that I love. […]
did you mean to send this to the list?
Regards,
--
Aristotle Pagaltzis // http://plasmasturm.org/
On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 12:55:39AM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
Hi Joshua,
* Joshua Rodman jrod...@ducker.org [2007-08-21 00:30]:
True, and Apt is a wonderful tool that I love. [???]
did you mean to send this to the list?
Yes, apologies. All those lists that munge reply-to have got me
* Joshua Rodman jrod...@ducker.org [2007-08-21 01:35]:
On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 12:55:39AM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
Hi Joshua,
* Joshua Rodman jrod...@ducker.org [2007-08-21 00:30]:
True, and Apt is a wonderful tool that I love. [???]
did you mean to send this to the list?
Yes,
Luke Kanies wrote:
I hate gems, but stupid Rails really wants to use them. Not just that,
but a really recent version.
I hate ports, but I've got a Mac and it doesn't have real package
management.
I have an older version of rubygems installed with ports, and I need to
upgrade.
So:
Timothy Knox wrote:
Somewhere on Shadow Earth, at Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 12:37:15PM -0700, Michael
G Schwern wrote:
Hate ports. It doesn't explain what dependencies its going to install or
even
warn you about them. This is inexcusable as all they have to do is take a
look at dpkg or fink
Luke Kanies wrote:
I hate ports, but I've got a Mac and it doesn't have real package
management.
Just install it by hand. Whenever I try to install rubygems via some
package manager (ports on mac or apt on linux), somehow it always gets
screwed up one way or another.
--
Jeremy Stephens
