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Re: ports



On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 06:08:26PM +0200, John Marino wrote:
> To be fair, on FreeBSD a "port" refers to the set of files in the
> ports tree that build a package.  With pkgsrc, _BOTH_ the set of
> files AND the built software are called a package.  I find that
> highly awkward and FreeBSD doesn't have this ambiguity.

Co-opting existing, general terms for a specific community is no way to
resolve ambiguity.  But I'd be willing to entertain your definitions ...
if their invalidity weren't demonstrated in this very thread by the
self-described FreeBSD user himself.

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