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by dpi on Thu 6th Nov 2003 03:15 UTC

Both Debian and Portage exist for FreeBSD, too.

What i'd like on a firewall is a simple method to become remotely ''secure'' via CLI. It should require only 1 or 2 commands and should be possibly automated. Patching a source is a horror, it should be an option for me, not required. Debian GNU/Linux allows me this, but i hate IPTables so much as i love PF that i wouldn't chose for Debian GNU/Linux. Since PF runs on {Open|Free|Net}BSD i'm considering any of these 3 which allows me to use Debian and PF. I think it'll become Debian GNU/NetBSD.

"By inconsistent I mean Linux distributions in general (not the kernel itself, but the various distributions as a whole OS). There is no clear standard that distributions maker follow, eg locations of programs change (sometimes /usr, sometimes /usr/local, etc.)."

How about i give you a shell account on my Debian GNU/Linux box and you show me which .deb's have been installed in /usr/local? Answer: none.

Only the 3rd party software compiled myself is installed in /usr/local but ./configure --prefix=/usr would have fixed this; i don't want it to be in /usr because when i'd like to do a reinstall i can see in /usr/local which 3rd party apps i installed.

Besides, does it matter much when all you need to do is run a binary? It's in $PATH, you know. Can you give me an example with a GNU/Linux distribution and this problem?