From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 8 10:35:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDBA9106564A for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 10:35:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from fallbackmx06.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx06.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC8718FC15 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 10:35:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.196]) by fallbackmx06.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n588Taki030441 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:29:36 +1000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-216-167.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.216.167]) by mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n588TVQI020847 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:29:33 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n588TUKv058810; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:29:30 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n588TUUc058809; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:29:30 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:29:30 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Robert Huff Message-ID: <20090608082930.GD9529@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <18988.39724.572280.687111@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18988.39724.572280.687111@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: porting: Linux to Freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:35:56 -0000 --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Jun-08 01:01:32 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > Is there anyone out there with experience porting from Linux to >FreeBSD and/or writing code for both who can spare a few cycles to >help a complete novice figure out what's different (and how to fix >it)? That's an extremely open-ended question. Probably the biggest issue is the use of GNU extensions in system utilities - particularly the assumption that /bin/sh is bash. You would probably be better off asking specific questions on problems that you run into. --=20 Peter Jeremy --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkosy+oACgkQ/opHv/APuIeapACfU/kQlUE3k5XiK/AozK1tz/10 /EQAnA+N1D+Ule/VCj2HqVYnSydRaawR =7fms -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej--