* Re: [gentoo-user] Can Portage be used with FreeBSD or NetBSD?
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@ 2021-06-01 14:40 99% ` Michael
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From: Michael @ 2021-06-01 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Tuesday, 1 June 2021 10:59:27 BST Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Can Portage be used as a package manager with anything other than Linux?
Yes, it used to be, but from what I know the *BSD projects were abandoned due
to lack of maintainers.
> I like some features of Portage; think it might be better than FreeBSD ports
> or NetBSD pkgsrc, or is just a case of the grass being greener on the other
> side?
Have a look here for historical references in this effort:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Gentoo_BSD
> I like the option "--with-bdeps=y", wish FreeBSD's synth and poudriere had
> that option.
>
> But I don't want to use Portage where it would be incompatible.
>
> Portage's assumption of location of python binary and /bin/bash are contrary
> to anything non-Linux, or even a Linux that uses another shell such as dash
> or mksh.
>
> Tom
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