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To: Yair Benita <Y.Benita@pharm.uu.nl>
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Subject: Re: ports on MacOS X
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Yair Benita schrieb:
> 
> Hi,
> I am wondering if I can install the FreeBSD ports on a MacOS X system.

Have a look at OpenPorts (). They want a ports system usable on all of
the four BSD systems.

> Can I treat this system as a standard FreeBSD machine?

Depends. Darwin has FreeBSD 3.2 userland binaries, but most
configuration files are inherited from NeXT. This will complicate
integration of standard BSD code into Apples configuration scheme.

Just my EUR.02
-Christoph Sold

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