From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Jun 24 10:10:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA06767 for ports-outgoing; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:10:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk (jraynard.demon.co.uk [158.152.42.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA06744 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:10:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from fports@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA05888; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:17:45 GMT Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:17:45 GMT Message-Id: <199606241217.MAA05888@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: chemques@ml.petech.ac.za CC: Ports@freebsd.org In-reply-to: (message from Chemquest Unit on Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:07:37 +0200) Subject: Re: Re Ports and Functionality Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I would like some info on how software ports work in freebsd. > What are they and how are they related to the actual package. > > I find the manual's discussion on ports a bit vague. I'm currently re-writing the handbook entry on ports. See http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/ports/ports.html for my latest draft. Comments welcomed! -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk