Is MacPorts based on another package manager?

[Jerry]

On Aug 18, 2012, at 9:47 AM, sierkb at gmx.de wrote:

> Am 18.08.2012 um 16:53 schrieb Bradley Giesbrecht:
>> 
>> On Aug 17, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Jerry wrote:
>> 
>>> Is MacPorts based on a Linux or other package manager? From time to time I think this would be useful to know when interacting with non-Mac developers.
>> 
>> 
>> Our wiki has a brief history:
>> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/MacPortsHistory
> 
> +1
> 
> I add:
> 
> Apple: Mac OS X Developer Library: Using MacPorts
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#featuredarticles/UsingMacPorts/_index.html
> 
> Wikipedia (en): MacPorts
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacPorts
> 
> MacPorts Guide
> http://guide.macports.org/
> 
> MacPorts Guide: Chapter 1. Introduction
> http://guide.macports.org/#introduction
> 
> MacPorts Guide: Chapter 3. Using MacPorts: 3.4.2 Binary Packages
> http://guide.macports.org/#using.binaries.binary-packages
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Sierk Bornemannn
> 

Thanks for the info!
Jerry