FreeBSD hacker 101

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df at mired.org> writes:
> GNU/Linux isn't tied to rpm's;

Actually, rpm is part of the Linux Standard Base specification, which
all major distributions implement.  Debian derivatives use dpkg, but
still have a full set of rpm tools.  Most distributions have higher-
level package management tools built on top of either rpm (like yum) or
dpkg (like apt), and in most cases the lower-level tools are only used
if something goes wrong.

> there are other packaging systems in use by different distros,
> including at least one that is based on the BSD ports system.

s/based on/inspired by/ if you're thinking of Gentoo.

DES
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