From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Mar 9 22:36:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA08645 for ports-outgoing; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 22:36:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.ucdavis.edu [128.120.175.23]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA08633 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 22:36:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (reqd-037.ucdavis.edu [128.120.251.157]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.8.5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id WAA18106; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 22:40:26 GMT Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id GAA13015; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 06:36:33 GMT Message-ID: <19970309223633.17028@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 22:36:33 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Joel Sutton Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making ports of usenet sources References: <199703100545.QAA02370@solsbury-hill.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.65_p2,4-7,10-11,15,18,21-22 Reply-To: obrien@NUXI.com X-Warning: Mutt Bites! Organization: The NUXI *BSD group X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Keyid: 34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)