Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 19:16:58 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mathematica 5 installation - updated Message-ID: <20050506171658.GG586@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20050328182710.GA14375@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20050302143958.1483e0b9.hollas@informatik.uni-ulm.de> <20050302134214.GI42515@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20050302175840.06b4031f.hollas@informatik.uni-ulm.de> <20050326205419.GA2389@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20050328182710.GA14375@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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--Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 10:27:10AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > >=20 > > May we keep from the current section: > >=20 > > "The Linux version of Mathematica runs perfectly under FreeBSD however > > the binaries shipped by Wolfram need to be branded so that FreeBSD knows > > to use the Linux ABI to execute them." > > ? >=20 > In my experience, branding isn't actually required. >=20 > I've actually got a port in perforce that is most of what you need to > do a basic Mathematica 5.1 install (minus the font stuff since I'm > actually running Grid Mathematica on a cluster). If there's intrest, > I'll work on polishing it and get is committed. > [sorry for this delayed answer] I think a port will save us against many headaches regarding the update of the documentation and will, of course, be simplier for the end-user. Marc --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCe6aJzQ9RwE+OdOgRAoPdAKCL9bSkT7vI7mPcruhvMFmTMhV+LQCfTjuw KYEFsGX8lnP5n0XjEqswDB0= =AD7Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--
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