macports vs. freebsd ports syntax and functionality differences (only to satisfy my curiosity)

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Sep 27, 2012, at 10:58 AM, Kuba Ober <kuba at mareimbrium.org> wrote:
> I have a question to satisfy my curiosity only. A while ago I've seen that a ports system was the way to get software on freebsd -- this was on a server my friend administers.

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/MacPortsHistory

> Is the port system very similar between freebsd and macports, or are those things similar only in name and are really completely separate implementations?

separate (MacPorts 'inspired by' FreeBSD ports)

> For example, would a "benign" portfile from MacPorts work with freebsd?

no

> Do they use tcl as well?


no
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