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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!panix!news.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!yale!yale.edu!news.ycc.yale.edu!penzance.econ.yale.edu!vince From: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: compiling gnu finger Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 17:32:03 -0400 Organization: Yale University Lines: 28 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950910172929.17355l-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: penzance.econ.yale.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Paul Southworth <pauls@CIC.Net> In-Reply-To: <199509102128.RAA10973@locust.cic.net> On Sun, 10 Sep 1995, Paul Southworth wrote: -> In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.950910052700.15160r-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu>, -> > Has anyone out there successfully compiled gnu finger 1.37 under -> >FreeBSD? If anyone did, can you tell me what did you need to do to get -> >it to compile? Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > GNU finger hasn't been updated in many moons. If I were you, I'd go > get the finger package from the UC Berkeley ICSI. Hmmm, will this package do finger logs like gnu finger would and is this the finger package they use for ocf.Berkeley.EDU? > ftp.icsi.berkeley.edu:pub/ai/stolcke/software > > I haven't built it on FreeBSD, but I have built it on many other platforms, > and found it substantially more portable than GNU finger. Hmmm, is it alot more easy to install than GNU finger? Thanks! Cheers, -Vince- vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UC Berkeley AstroPhysics - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! Chabot Observatory & Science Center