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--- packagesystemsfeaturecomparison [2022/10/03 23:50] – Update to feature descriptions to more generic terms KubilayKocak
+++ packagesystemsfeaturecomparison [2022/10/04 00:10] (current) – Update 1:M entry: Primary/Sub Ports & FLAVORS are supported KubilayKocak
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-==== Feature Comparison of FreeBSD ports with other packaging systems ====
+==== Packaging Systems Comparison ====
-:!: TODO: in progress, use footnotes. Also use colors and text like VCS cmp.
+^ Feature ^ pkgsrc ^ %%FreeBSD%% Ports ^ %%OpenBSD%% Ports ^ mports ^ Gentoo Portage ^ dpkg/rpm + apt ^
-^ Feature/subject ^ pkgsrc ^ (%%FreeBSD%%) ports ^ (%%OpenBSD%%) ports ^ mports ^ Portage ^ dpkg/rpm + apt ^
 | Used by | %%NetBSD%%, %%DragonflyBSD%% | %%FreeBSD%% | %%OpenBSD%% | %%MidnightBSD%% | Gentoo, Sabayon | Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Redhat |
 | Source-based | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ ((There are source packages, which contain both the full source code of the program and local patches, and are manually compiled and uploaded by the maintainer.)) |
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 | Primary Focus | ? | src | bin | ? | src | bin |
 | Packages and ports integration | ? | {o} ((Some features are only supported by ports, like versioned dependencies. Also ports install directly, without generating packages.)) | ✔ ((Ports create the package and then uses the package tools to install.)) | ? | ? | ✘ |
-| "One to Many Packages | ? | {o} ((Shared code in one port, called by a slave port which only defines the required options (requires a directory with a ''%%Makefile%%'' for each package).)) | ✔ | ? | ✘ | ? |
+| "One to Many" Packages | ? | ✔ ((Primary/Sub Ports and FLAVORS)) | ✔ | ? | ✘ | ? |
 | "Sub" Packages | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ ((Packages are split in ''%%-doc%%'', ''%%-dev%%'', ''%%-common%%'', ''%%-data%%'', etc. The good point is that packages which don't depend on the architecture are built only once, runtime dependencies don't require headers, and documentation is optional. However to build anything you need all the ''%%-dev%%'' versions.)) |
 | Self-contained packages | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| Isolated Builds | ✔ | {o} (tinderbox/portbuild) | ✔ | ✔ (recently) | ? | ✔ |
+| Isolated Builds | ✔ | ✔ (Poudriere) | ✔ | ✔ (recently) | ? | ✔ |
 | ''%%PREFIX%%'' clean | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
 | ''%%CFLAGS%%'' clean | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
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 | License Framework | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
 | Track moved ports | ✘ | ✔ | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+==== Footnotes ====
 **References**