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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!gomel.knirsch.de!knobel.knirsch.de!knobel.knirsch.de!andreas From: andreas@knobel.knirsch.de (Andreas Klemm) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: GREAT IDEA! Someone please do it! Date: 19 Jun 1994 18:34:38 GMT Organization: $HOME, D-41469 Neuss Lines: 30 Message-ID: <2u234g$5f@knobel.knirsch.de> References: <2u09b4$j2l@noc1.mid.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: knobel.knirsch.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Josh McCormick (jmccorm@galaxy.galstar.com) wrote: : I have run into several sites that carry software that is supposed to : compile on "freeBSD". With but a few exceptions, all of these programs : fail miserably when it comes time to run the makefile. ??? Ever tried gnu make if the BSD make fails for some reason ? : Can someone create an archive (or make available) the source code for : programs that WILL compile right out of the archive for BSD/386 1.1? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Don't know the releases of the commercial BSD. But what are you speaking of exactly ? BSD/386 or FreeBSD 1.1 ? If you speak of FreeBSD-1.1 I advice you to buy the FreeBSD 1.1 CD-Rom from Walnut creeck. There are many binaries and (for FreeBSD) *ported* sources included. The ported software should compile out of the box. Concerning the list: I think creating such a list is nonsense since nearly every program has to be modified slightly to suit either your flavour of unix or your local configuration. What you need is a list of ported software or where you can get binaries that are ready to run. But please don't expect such *simplicity* from unix *sources*. That's not realistic I think ! Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm /\/\____ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH andreas@knobel.knirsch.de ___/\/\/ andreas@wupmon.wup.de (Unix Support)