Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:39:42 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Comments on pmake diffs for building on Linux Message-ID: <20080304193942.GB1947@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20080304180146.GF90931@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20080303.224256.635730757.imp@bsdimp.com> <20080304151326.J41184@fledge.watson.org> <20080304153730.GA61036@kobe.laptop> <20080304180146.GF90931@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On 2008-03-04 10:01, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 05:37:30PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > The next part, about the missing errx() functions on Solaris is going to > > be tonight's fun. If there are too many missing functions, it may be > > worth adding a static `libcompat' with copies of just the functions we > > need to run BSD make on non-BSD hosts. > > fbsdmake will be just one of many tools you'll find you need. A > libfbsdcompat would be useful to this endevor. If I were you, I would > try to create one using FreeBSD src/ - that is assume a checked out > FreeBSD is available. See some of my sed'ing and unifdef*(1) hacks I've > used over the years to build GNU stuff on FreeBSD. A libfbsdcompat seems like one of the best options to keep the source code changes down to a tolerable level, indeed. Thanks for all the _very_ useful input so far, David :)
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