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Date:      Sun, 9 Mar 1997 22:36:33 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
To:        Joel Sutton <suttonj@interconnect.com.au>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Making ports of usenet sources
Message-ID:  <19970309223633.17028@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <199703100545.QAA02370@solsbury-hill.home>

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> I am wanting to do ports for some software in the comp.sources ftp 
> archive. Mostly the sources are stuck together in shell archives (as 
> I'm sure you already know :->) and my question is:
> 
> Would it be considered acceptable to download the shell archive, 
> unpack it and compile it (etc)?? 

Yes.  This is the way it is done already.  See my xcpustate port for an
example.

> Or should I create a separate tar file with the sources in it and
> upload that also??? 

No, it is best to get the source from the "offical" site where ever
possible.
 

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-- David	(obrien@NUXI.com  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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