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Subject: Re: Skype 4.0
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote:
> Skype 4.0 for Linux is now available. Is there any possibility of
> getting it ported to FreeBSD? The latest version in ports is only
> 2.x.

I don't have time to do it right at the moment, but since this is
pre-compiled binary software, updating the port yourself and sending
the patches in with a PR would not be a complex task.  I'm confident
that you could do it.  Start here:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/quick-porting.html

The URL for downloading the bugger is here:
http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-4.0.0.7.tar.bz2

Good luck, and thanks in advance!