From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 4 19:46:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B1B9106566B for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:46:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6E628FC19 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:46:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (vader.bytemobile-rio.ondsl.gr [83.235.57.37]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m24Jdlno018677 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:39:59 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m24Jdg3M001981 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:39:42 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m24JdgA3001980 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:39:42 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:39:42 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080304193942.GB1947@kobe.laptop> References: <20080303.224256.635730757.imp@bsdimp.com> <20080304151326.J41184@fledge.watson.org> <20080304153730.GA61036@kobe.laptop> <20080304180146.GF90931@dragon.NUXI.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080304180146.GF90931@dragon.NUXI.org> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.976, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.42, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: Comments on pmake diffs for building on Linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:46:52 -0000 On 2008-03-04 10:01, David O'Brien 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 :)