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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:13187 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3509 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!gmi!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!MathWorks.Com!news.cic.net!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!epiwrl.entropic.com!usenet From: kenh@entropic.com (Ken Hornstein) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs NetBSD Date: 15 Sep 1994 18:00:45 -0400 Organization: Entropic Research Lab, Washington, DC. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <35ag6d$sqp@sparc2.entropic.com> References: <358o3g$p95@umd5.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sparc2.entropic.com In article <358o3g$p95@umd5.umd.edu>, Alok K. Dhir <adhir@bigdipper.umd.edu> wrote: >I have found compiling things for FreeBSD is sometimes a bit of a chore >(as compared to Linux and NeXTStep, which I also run), especially >since there is usually not a default config for it (for example, with >gcc, pine, and misc others). Is netbsd in the same boat? I often hear people say that porting to *BSD is difficult, but I have never seen that myself; I've found it the easiest of all the Unixes I've worked with. For example: Under NetBSD 1.0_BETA, I was able to compile Motif 1.2.3 without a single change to any of the sources. I've never tried to port Linux-specific stuff, so I can't say if that would be hard or not. I am pretty sure there's a gcc configuration for freebsd, and probably one for netbsd as well. If there isn't a configuration, I generally start with the SunOS configuration and work from there. --Ken