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On Apr 7, 2005, at 7:33 am, Luca Barbato wrote: |
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> Brian Harring wrote: |
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>> Problem with the preference you have above is you're considering |
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>> portage as the primary pkg manager/authority for that system, which it |
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>> isn't on osx. |
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> If a tool is broken you change it, the apple toolchain and probably |
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> userspace could enjoy some improvements. |
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Do you actually use OS X? |
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This is not a case of sed being broken on BSD / OS X - on a Mac |
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everything works fine out of the box, and users can use standard tools, |
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many of which are provided, just like on any other *NIX. This is a case |
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where the use of Gentoo would make compiling packages easier & more |
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convenient for OS X users, and Gentoo prefers a non-standard tool; the |
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Apple install is not "broken" and many people would not consider |
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messing with it to be beneficial. |
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Stroller. |
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