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Date:      Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:31:13 +0100
From:      Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk>
To:        Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
Cc:        asami@FreeBSD.org, chuckr@picnic.mat.net, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, dcs@newsguy.com, dima@best.net, taoka@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/cscope - Imported sources
Message-ID:  <37146E71.446B@cs.strath.ac.uk>
References:  <199904141000.GAA25756@pcnet1.pcnet.com>

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Just my thoughts on the cscope port issue.

I think having a port to help install some commercial software
on FreeBSD is a good thing.

After all, we have a port for Corel's WordPerfect and a port for
Star Office.
This is mainly because they are linux programs and we need to get
things installed in the right place.

Another example. I use XiG's Accelerated X.
It has a native FreeBSD X server, but was written for 2.2.x.
So the libraries are all a.out format.
However the install program puts the a.out libs in /usr/X11R6/lib
and _not_ in /usr/X11R6/lib/aout.
So, after the install, I need to move lots of files around.

I wish there was a port to help me install Accel X properly.


So, if a program (both commerical and freeware) does not install
smothly on FreeBSD, a port to help us is exactly what I want.

Bye
Roger


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