From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 23:53:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE18D1065678 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 23:53:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E00BA8FC18 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 23:53:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl19-159.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.146.159]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id m74Nqn7D012136 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 5 Aug 2008 02:52:55 +0300 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m74Nqn67002573; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 02:52:49 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m74Nqmrj002572; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 02:52:48 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: mcassar References: <200808021550.48302.marshc187@gmail.com> <200808021832.53488.marshc187@gmail.com> <873aln8bdz.fsf@kobe.laptop> <200808022349.23182.marshc187@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:52:47 +0300 In-Reply-To: <200808022349.23182.marshc187@gmail.com> (mcassar's message of "Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:49:23 +0200") Message-ID: <87sktk1gog.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-ID: m74Nqn7D012136 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.814, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.58, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gemeral questions (noobish) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:53:13 -0000 On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:49:23 +0200, mcassar wrote: > thanks alot for that. > > i mean, apart from your general overview of freebsd (system, project > and community), which gives me an idea how things are done, what's > happeniing and where things are, you really put me at ease with trying > to figure out these warnings, or at least what to expect and where to > start - i wasn't sure if it was up to my setup or what. > > although i don't know if you misunderstood my saying *fix them* as in > i should setup my system properly, or as in get to bug-tracing and the > like; which is still out of my expertise and jurisdiction. Well, I don't want you to overload your mind with so many new things that BSD will seem a fearsome thing. Let me just say that "If you see compiler warnings when you build Ports from their sources, it is okay". Now, if you *do* find interesting things while installing ports, and if you feel inclined to help, you are welcome to jump in and help. Maybe not during the first few weeks, may be not even during the first couple of years. Just keep in mind that if you start thinking about things like "OMG, why isn't option this tunable like _this_?" and you have ideas about improving FreeBSD, the team behind it is always open to new ideas, comments, suggestions or even simple reports like "I did A, B and then C, but program D crashed with the error message E" :-) > or was that wishfull thinking? it is something i want to figure out > eventually, but at the moment i'm still so fascinated by everything > (system, community) that i'm trying to catch up on as much as i can. Hehe, that's understandable. Keep having fun, Giorgos