Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:17:30 +0000 From: "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" <stephen@missouri.edu> To: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, "stephen@FreeBSD.org" <stephen@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: math/open-axiom gone? Message-ID: <185fdc77-9589-29aa-57f3-f50576a9ae61@missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <6660901e-1024-8b45-619e-e632eb84df7c@cordula.ws>
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On 07/25/2016 09:18 PM, cpghost wrote: > Hello, > > after updating my ports tree, I've found out that math/open-axiom > has been deleted! After math/fricas unusable with sbcl-1.3.x for > many months and now gone too, I'm left with NO alternatives for > that kind of software here. > > Fortunately, I still have a working package of open-axiom on my machine, > running with SBCL 1.3.1 right now: > > $ pkg version -v | grep open-axiom > open-axiom-1.4.2_3 ? orphaned: math/open-axiom > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD phenom.fritz.box 10.3-STABLE FreeBSD 10.3-STABLE #0 r303311: Mon Jul 25 20:42:34 CEST 2016 root@phenom.fritz.box:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > $ open-axiom > OpenAxiom: The Open Scientific Computation Platform > Version: OpenAxiom 1.4.2 > Built on Friday June 19, 2015 at 22:28:27 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Issue )copyright to view copyright notices. > Issue )summary for a summary of useful system commands. > Issue )quit to leave OpenAxiom and return to shell. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > (1) -> )quit > > $ sbcl > This is SBCL 1.3.1, an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp. > More information about SBCL is available at <http://www.sbcl.org/>. > > SBCL is free software, provided as is, with absolutely no warranty. > It is mostly in the public domain; some portions are provided under > BSD-style licenses. See the CREDITS and COPYING files in the > distribution for more information. > * (sb-ext:exit) > > Do you recommend to switch to Debian GNU/Linux, where those packages > are still actively maintained, or is there a chance in hell to see > those ports reappear in the near future on FreeBSD? > > Thanks, > -cpghost. > How did you manage to build math/open-axiom? I tried building it again, and I am still getting the errors. You must have at least by-passed the BROKEN within the port. Also, regarding your last comment, I must admit that I also find myself moving to Linux. For certain tasks it works better than FreeBSD, probably because it has a much larger base of volunteers, and also because most people who write open source do it on Linux.home | help
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