Re: [newbie] replacing applications in the Base set?

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 01:53:13PM -0400, Martin S. Weber wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 01:31:30PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> > 
> > You don't, unless you replace the base set itself.  NetBSD is not a
> > kernel, NetBSD is a complete operating system.
> 
> Well, that's a bit short-sighted, isn't it?

I don't personally think so, but if you want a particular kernel
and a random collection of userspace binaries, Gentoo
Linux is -------->that way.  I consider the fact that NetBSD version X
always comes with known versions of userspace binaries Y and Z to be
a very valuable feature; if you want to also install some other versions
of Y and Z, of course, you can always get them from pkgsrc and install
them in /usr/pkg.

Thor