Subject: Re: Review article: Comparison NetBSD / Linux for Amiga
To: Markus Illenseer <markus@core.de>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-amiga
Date: 01/07/2000 18:29:30
On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Markus Illenseer wrote:

> > - RedHat and Debian Linux m68k do have package managing system,
> >   NetBSD does not
> >   - hence quite automatic installation, configuration and deinstallation
> >     of software packages either in rpm or debian package format
> 
>  Which is wrong. See:
> http://www.de.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/

	Please also note that pkgsrc handles packages for which binary
	or source distribution is prohibited (such as ssh or xv), allowing
	more packages to be automatically handled than with RPM type
	solutions.
	http://www.netbsd.org/Misc/features.html#pkgsrc
	(There is much information on other NetBSD features on that page)

	Thanks

		David/absolute