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Re: OFF TOPIC: Darwin and Dpkg



On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 04:52:27AM -0800, vijay@linuxfreemail.com wrote:
> Was just browsing by the the Darwin Projects Directory http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/darwin/1.2/projects.html and saw that dpkg was listed along with the rest of the system. I know Darwin is based on the BSD Mach kernel and it is Unix but didn't know that it used dpkg as the Package management tool. 
> 
> I downloaded the source to have a look at it. The version is 1.4.1.4. Does this mean that Mac OS X uses dpkg also. Also is this a commonly known fact? Have a look and  let me know. Bye,
> 

its known among people who follow Apple. dpkg is not used in MacOSX
because its licenced under the GPL and Apple is on an anti-GPL jihad,
they are currently working on purging every trace of GNU from OSX.

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-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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