Contrast this with behaviour I see in linux uses who find a cool RPM, become root and install it.
Check out Gentoo some time. Its system is based on the BSD ports system, except portage allows you to set flags that determine what should be --enable'd, and --disable'd during the configure script. I use a mix of Gentoo and Debian, Debian (And for that matter RPM distro's too) are just as capable of fetching source and compiling it for you. BSD may have pioneered the idea, but I've used both, and I feel Linux has improved on the concept. Granted I never used BSD enough to feel really comfortable there, so I may be way off base.
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Re:trusted sources
Posted by: Curtman on February 14, 2004 04:07 AMCheck out Gentoo some time. Its system is based on the BSD ports system, except portage allows you to set flags that determine what should be --enable'd, and --disable'd during the configure script. I use a mix of Gentoo and Debian, Debian (And for that matter RPM distro's too) are just as capable of fetching source and compiling it for you. BSD may have pioneered the idea, but I've used both, and I feel Linux has improved on the concept. Granted I never used BSD enough to feel really comfortable there, so I may be way off base.
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