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From: lpeters@scratchy.hq.af.mil (Leslie Peters)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Ports confuse me...
Date: 17 May 1995 15:00:04 GMT
Organization: DISA
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Message-ID: <3pd31k$ebd@hq.hq.af.mil>
Reply-To: lpeters@scratchy.hq.af.mil
NNTP-Posting-Host: scratchy.hq.af.mil
I am a two-year veteran of Net- and now FreeBSD (currently at 2.0-950210),
yet I am baffled by ports. How does it work? I have looked at
the info that is in any particular program port and I can't make heads
or tails of it. Taking a source tarball and make'ing it, no problemo.
Even when it isn't completely clean, I can usually get it to work.
However, ports are beyond my ken at this moment.
Low-temp assistance is appreciated :)
--
"Voom? Mate, this parrot wouldn't voom if you put 4 million volts through it!"
Les Peters (lpeters@scratchy.hq.af.mil/lpeters@aol.net/FiddyRing@aol.com)
(2.1) GCS d H- s+:+ !g p1 au+ a27 w+ v- C++ UVBAH++++$ P+++ L- 3+ E---
N+ K- W+ M V- po Y+ t++(+++) 5 j+ R G' tv+ b+ !D B- e+ u++ h----
f+ r+++ n+(----) y++++(*)