Re: [SAGE] Looking for call management/helpdesk software

[Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org>]

Chuck Yerkes <chuck+sage@snew.com> wrote:
 
> Isn't this the job of /usr/ports/ (aka /usr/pkgsrc/)?
> 
> I know that /usr/pkgsrc (NetBSD's name for ports) should
> work on Solaris and maybe even MacOS X but haven't used
> them yet.

Nitpick:  NetBSD also has ``ports'', only that word signifies the
portation of NetBSD to a different platform.  See
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/.

NetBSD's pkgsrc works quite beautifully on Solaris, MacOS X, Darwin and
Linux (in addition to NetBSD, of course) and has recently been ported to
OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Irix.  See
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/packages.html

> The lack of that is what kills me on Linux and Solaris ...

I suggest you give pkgsrc a try.  I'm loving it.

-Jan

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