From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 00:51:13 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9245C106566C for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:51:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57C978FC08 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:51:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o6O0pCkj097419 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:51:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:51:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:51:09 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20100724005105.GA22574@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. Cc: Subject: popt-1.50 or better?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:51:13 -0000 hey y'all, there is a program called libots [or ots] that acts to summarize text that i'd like to port to freebsd. i grabbed the src from scourceforge days ago and found that i need a later version of popt than we have. we've got v 1.14 of popt and the configure script from libots says that 1.5 is required. i've stumbled around but haven't figured out where to grab the newer version. yes, i am imagining _war and peace_ or _the iliad_ run thru ots ... etc. i'm not sure how well ots does yet, but it would be great to have abbreviate/condensed/summarized versions of a lot of texts. tia for any help, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel