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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:34:02 +0200
From: Alex Huth <a.huth@tmr.net>
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Cc: Alex Huth <a.huth@tmr.net>
Subject: Re: Skype
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On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 08:00:28AM -1000, parv@pair.com wrote:
> in message <20100811124006.GA2284@borusse.ewmr.base>,
> wrote Alex Huth thusly...
> >
> > Is anyone using skype on freebsd 8 and can tell me how to do the
> > setup?  Seem to be that there is no port and on the website i find
> > no package for freebsd.
> 
> Well, version 1.x does not work at all as in I was not able to log
> in after generating an account via web.  Version 2.x as it existed
> in ports not too long ago was broken due to missing source file (not
> as in raw code but as in binaries).
> 
> Then I searched for a possible solution that led me to download ...
> 
>   http://kobyla.info/soft/distfiles/skype_static-2.0.0.72-oss.tar.bz2
> 
> ... in /misc/ports/distfiles; edit net/skype/Makefile to set proper
> PORTVERSION; & generate net/skpe/distinfo which led to successful
> install & use of skype as in I could log in with the same password &
> userid generated earlier & place a call or two.
> 
> 
>   - parv
> 
> -- 
> 

Thanks, works like a charm! Great!