Re: Experiences with pkgsrc on Macs?

[Urban Boquist <urban%boquist.net@localhost>]

9 apr 2008 kl. 04.05 skrev Steven M. Bellovin:

> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:37:51 -0400
> Amitai Schlair <schmonz%mkgsrc.org@localhost> wrote
> > We haven't documented or publicized this well enough -- mea culpa --
> > but you don't need a case-sensitive filesystem for pkgsrc anymore.
> > The occasional package may break, but OS X is popular enough that the
> > number is dwindling of its own accord.
>
> As of two days ago, the pkgsrc web page said you did, so it's not just
> a PR issue...

I've been using pkgsrc on my Macs for a while now and I must say that  
I am very pleased with how well it works. Most packages that I am  
using work right out of the box.

I mount the source from a NetBSD box using NFS, but both /usr/pkg and  
work/obj-dirs during the build are on case-insensitive HFS+. Haven't  
seen any problems with that yet.

Best regards,
        -- Urban