I Can Has Packages?
vermaden
vermaden at interia.pl
Sun Aug 19 21:20:11 UTC 2012
... I even got a screenshot of how these *flavours*
and *subpackages* work, here:
http://ompldr.org/vZjV2bQ
"Polytropon" <freebsd at edvax.de> pisze:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:33:49 +0200, vermaden wrote:
> > HI,
> >
> > OpenBSD seems to have packages for everything, even
> > for LAME (audio/lame), why FreeBSD can not provide
> > package for LAME the same way as OpenBSD does?
>
> j00 CAN haz pakagez. =^_^=
>
> Packages for _everything_ is impossible because of the many
> options that may or MAY NOT fit your needs, so things have
> to be set at compile time. Just imagine how many different
> packages you would have to host for OpenOffice!
>
> In the past, "pkg_add -r de-openoffice" would have given
> you a full-featured german version of OpenOffice, even
> including a dictionary. Today, it's not that easy anymore.
>
> There are also ports that draw a massive slew of dependencies.
> Some of them are of minor importance, like documentation that
> urges you to install LaTeX. If that's the default the package
> has been created from, installing it will bring teTeX to your
> system too, even if _you_ don't need it.
>
> Also consider programs like mplayer that can have a lot of
> codecs. Because it's illegal in the U.S. to listen to MP3,
> those may not be included. :-)
>
> Okay, you get the idea: There may apply "shipping restrictions".
> If I remember correctly, there has been such an issue for lame
> in the past, but I thought that it would have been resolved.
> When trying "make package", it was not possible, and there
> also was not package for use with pkg_add. You _had_ to compile
> it yourself because the terms of use told so.
>
> The ports collections has a specific field in Makefile that
> gives you information about such issues:
>
> RESTRICTED= patent issues, see http://www.mp3licensing.com/
>
> So if OpenBSD serves a lame package (I mean a package containing
> lame), you should ask them in how far they have an agreement that
> allows them to do so, in comparison to what patent issues prohibit
> doing the same on FreeBSD.
>
>
>
> --
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
>
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