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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!olivea!venus.sun.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!olsenc From: olsenc@kodiak.ee.washington.edu (Clint Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 17 Nov 1995 21:59:05 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 29 Message-ID: <48j0j9$p56@nntp5.u.washington.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <DI37qp.Jyo@ritz.mordor.com> <48dnoj$55s@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <MICHAELV.95Nov16213746@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: smokey.ee.washington.edu NNTP-Posting-User: news Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:8935 comp.unix.advocacy:11016 comp.unix.misc:19495 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8843 In article <MICHAELV.95Nov16213746@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>, Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote: >In article <48dnoj$55s@nntp5.u.washington.edu> olsenc@kodiak.ee.washington.edu (Clint Olsen) writes: > > In article <DI37qp.Jyo@ritz.mordor.com>, > Chris Mauritz <ritz@ritz.mordor.com> wrote: > > >Note, my experience has been that a noticeable portion of the ports > >are broken. The pine/pico and tcsh ports come to mind. > >This isn't really a complaint, just a point of information. Turns > >out there were binaries available in the packages area. I just > >prefer to build my own (when it's possible). > > Here's another point of information :) The lynx port is busted as well. > I find that BSD make is a big pain in the ass. If GNU ever adds the BSD > extensions to make, I will be free from this beast forever. Yes, some of > the ports are plug and pray :) > >Last I checked, gnu make built and ran on NetBSD and FreeBSD. > >Not that I have ever use it... Yeah, so phase out BSD make so we don't have to have two versions of make on our systems. It makes compiling the ports a real bitch when you have to switch between the two (as in the case of lynx). "You can compile this, but you have to switch to the _other_ make to do _this_". Fooey... -Clint