Re: [mv] Best Linux Security Solution...?

[Clint Silvester <clint@focuscompanies.com>]

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Chris Rapier wrote:

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> Clint Silvester wrote:
> > I myself
> > think that Debian is much easier to get packages for, and to update, although I have
> > not tried out the BSD's, so I cannot say how any of them do their packing system.
>
> For the most part it rocks. To install a package you go to the directory
> /usr/ports. From there you cd in to the appropriate subdirectories (eg
> editors/xemacs) and type make. The ports system then retreives the
> Xemacs tarball and determines if you have all the necessary support
> packages. If you are missing any of the support packages it will go and
> retreive, compile and install them before it builds Xemacs. This can
> fail if any of the tarballs are not on the servers it has listed but you
> can always get the tarball manually, drop it into /usr/ports/distfiles
> and it will find it there.
>
> Did I mention that the ports system will also apply any patches
> necessary to make it compile under BSD?

Hmm, that's interesting.  Sounds alot like debian as far as ease of installing programs.
So, does the list of installable programs get updated regularly?  I'm just interested.
This sounds alot like Debian, but at a source level.  I agree, this does sound like it is
a good solution as a server.  I admit, I am more an end user.

Clint

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