From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 5 07:26:18 2009 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 9B71F106566C for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:26:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corky1951@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80B548FC0C for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:26:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from OMTA14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.60]) by QMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id DKRb1d0031HpZEsAAKSKxG; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:26:19 +0000 Received: from comcast.net ([98.203.142.76]) by OMTA14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id DKSH1d0021f6R9u8aKSH9w; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:26:18 +0000 Received: by comcast.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:26:15 -0800 Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:26:15 -0800 From: Charlie Kester To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091205072615.GI4955@comcast.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4B18CD57.5090108@tomahawk.com.sg> <20091204193219.GA84026@dan.emsphone.com> <4B19EC94.8040901@tomahawk.com.sg> <4B19FFDE.2010709@tomahawk.com.sg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B19FFDE.2010709@tomahawk.com.sg> X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.20 X-Composer: VIM 7.2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: malformed man pages 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, 05 Dec 2009 07:26:18 -0000 On Fri 04 Dec 2009 at 22:38:22 PST Sagara Wijetunga wrote: >Michael Powell wrote: >>Sagara Wijetunga wrote: >> >>[snip] >>>We use /usr/bin/less from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/less, the >>>less-382.tar.gz, unpatched. >> >>Why? >>>Does the less need to be patched in FreeBSD? If so, is there such a >>>patch exist? >>> >> >>Uhmm, this may sound a little strange, but why not use the one >>included as part of the system? In other words, there was no need >>to 'install' less. Remove whatever you installed and use the right >>one. It even has a man page, e.g., man less and you will see a man >>page for the included one unless you've made a total mess of your >>man pages. >> >>I suspect there may be a possibility of bringing "Linuxisms" to >>your approach to FreeBSD. While there may be some amount of >>crossover, FreeBSD is not Linux. Learn FreeBSD as if it were new to >>you and leave the Linuxisms aside. >> >>-Mike >> >> >> >In Tomahawk Desktop, we try to make as much as possible all >components of the OS are separately installable by the user, >therefore, all components are separately upgradeable. We have a >really running well OS based on FreeBSD sources though there are some >hopefully minor issues to be resolved. We are about to release the OS >for developer preview. In other words, you're only using the kernel from FreeBSD, but replacing all or most of the userland stuff with your own versions? Not only the stuff in /usr/local/bin but also stuff in /usr/bin? As Michael said, that's a Linuxism.