Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 02:51:07 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Andrew Boothman <andrew@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org, freebsd-users@freebsd-uk.eu.org Subject: Re: Porting Unix Software Message-ID: <19991218025107.B323@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991217231212.andrew@ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 11:12:12PM -0000, Andrew Boothman wrote: > Hi! > > I've been asked if there is any books that I'd like for Christmas, and after a > look around Amazon, I wondered if any one has any experience with the O'Reilly > book "Porting Unix Software" by our very own Greg Lehey. > > The date of publication is June 1995, so I wonder if it still has any > worthwhile relevence to porting Applications to FreeBSD today. > > Any opinions would be appricated, especially Greg's! :-) > I'd go for it. I have a copy myself. As long as you realize that it isn't a "Porting *nix to FreeBSD" book (in fact FreeBSD hardly gets a mention) then you'll like it. It is full of useful info about the different *nix flavours. To quote the final paragraph of the Preface ".....who gently persuaded me to write a real book about porting, rather then just presenting the reader with a brain dump" > Thanks. > > --- > Andrew Boothman <andrew@ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org> > FreeBSD UK User Group > http://ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org/~andrew/ > http://ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org/ > > > ------ FreeBSD UK User's Group - Mailing List ------ > http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-users -- PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" - Computer Shopper 12/99 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the messagehelp
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