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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!csn!news-1.csn.net!csn!nntp-xfer-2.csn.net!symbios.com!southwind.net!complete.org!not-for-mail From: jgoerzen@complete.org (John Goerzen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Majordomo for FreeBSD? Date: 25 Apr 1996 16:00:10 -0500 Organization: Communications Centre (+1 316 367 8490) Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4lop4q$6fk@complete.org> References: <4lbdl5$bii@Mercury.mcs.com> <4lljip$54o@nadine.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: complete.org X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] I am running Majordomo 1.93 fine on my system (and have been for quite awhile). Do you have the latest Perl installed? John Blake Swensen (nailers@teleport.com) wrote: : I know that FreeBSD.ORG is running it, but after much searching and digging I : have yet to find a FreeBSD port for it. My system complains about the : compiling of the Wrapper program: something about a comparison between pointer : and integer and a couple of other compile-time errors. : : The Makefile from the 1.93 release also chokes on my system. It fails to do : some of the copying it is supposed to do. I have hacked it somewhat, but : still cannot get it to work. : : I followed the Makefile and copied the files manually (ugh!). Double checked : all the configuration files, and still get the error back from the Wrapper : program that I should re-compile with POSIX options. Even tried that.. still : the same error. : : About to give up... If you do find a FreeBSD port of Majordomo, I would really : like to share it with you. : : Peace, : Blake : In article <4lbdl5$bii@Mercury.mcs.com>, tundra@MCS.COM (Tim Daneliuk) wrote: : >I seem to recall someone mentioning that they had majordomo list services : >running under FreeBSD. I assume there is no patching necessary since it : >is essentially Perl code as I recall. Any comments on the issues here? -- John Goerzen Custom programming | Preserve our 1st Amendment Rights | | Free Power! Run you computer faster| Main e-mail: jgoerzen@complete.org | with FreeBSD! http://www.freebsd.org|