[Gllug] OT: Mac OS X

[Chris Wareham]

Neil Fryer wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> Just a quick question, that I'm hoping that someone can answer. Does Mac OS
> X come with the ports collection, as it is based on FreeBSD?
> 
> Thanks
> Neil
> 

The NetBSD package collection can be used on MacOS X, although I haven't
tried it myself. Note that a FreeBSD "port" is called a package in
NetBSD land, as "port" is the term used for different architectures that
Net runs on. It's also worth noting that most free BSD code that went
into MacOS X came from NetBSD *not* FreeBSD. The preference for FreeBSD
code is a fairly recent change.

Chris
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