Date: 15 Jul 2000 15:10:03 -0700 From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [OT alert!]freeWAIS-sf Message-ID: <m2hf9rdozo.fsf@reader.ptw.com>
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I've been trying to learn and work with freeWAIS-sf. I've not even been able to get it installed on my linux box. `make' breaks with far too many problems to discuss here. Trouble is there is no place to discuss it. `comp.infosystems.wais' is nearly dead. Apparently freeWAIS is not a popular app, and then some. I finally went so far as to install FreeBSD-4.0 on my laptop thinking the ported for FreeBSD version would install easily. It did and I have it running now. But still having major trouble getting working databases built and query syntax working. The FreeWAIS documentation is written at a pretty high level. Not really for newbies, so isn't much help. (why do manpage authors do that?) I'm hoping there may be some seasoned FreeWAIS-sf users here who don't mind discussing it privately. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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