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

[Chuck Yerkes <chuck+sage@snew.com>]

Quoting Jim Hickstein (jxh@jxh.com):
> >Isn't this the job of /usr/ports/ (aka /usr/pkgsrc/)?
> ...
> >The lack of that is what kills me on Linux and Solaris ...
> 
> On Linux, it's "apt" (Debian) or "rpm" (RedHat).
> 
> I've been moving away from Solaris (as far back as SunOS 3.2!) and learning 
> Debian on x86 hardware lately.  I'm close to getting it to mirror the 
> entire boot disk; the serial console works, with an appropriate BIOS for 
> the early stages; and there are resources for securing it (to some degree). 
> Debian and "apt-get", particularly "apt-get dist-upgrade", are worth a 
> serious look.  Even /usr/ports doesn't do that.
> 
> The lack of apt-get is what kills me on Solaris.

AFAIK, rpm is generically package managment (I used it
on Solaris, SunOS and others since it was opensource and
portable).

But it doesn't do what ports/ does which is: maintain
a small profile with mostly a Makefile, which has pointers
to the sources, and patches to make it work right for platform
of choice.

Building from source and having it in the packagemanagement system
is the goal.  Playing "find the rpm" gets tiring, esp when this
works that that libc, but not the one I have, and you also need
THIS package, etc.

When I build mutt with slang, it will find and build slang for me
(a dependancy) and then build mutt.

Oh, and "fink" project for MacOS X is the debian stuff, AFAIK.