Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:48:10 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: M S Anam <shuman@annexgrp.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Porting targets (was: os type) Message-ID: <19980127094810.34487@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BOO.3.96.980126192713.6557A-100000@thing.annexgrp.org>; from M S Anam on Mon, Jan 26, 1998 at 07:28:16PM %2B0600 References: <Pine.BOO.3.96.980126192713.6557A-100000@thing.annexgrp.org>
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On Mon, Jan 26, 1998 at 07:28:16PM +0600, M S Anam wrote: > Hi, > > What would be the preferred list of OS in compiling/setting up something > which does not have FreeBSD as an option? > > e.g. Pine, it has option for BSD, BSDi, NetBSD. Which one would I pick? Well, if you want to port pine, do: # cd /usr/ports/mail/pine # make install To answer your question, though: If you have the choice BSD, BSDI (I don't think anybody calls it BSDi) and NetBSD, you can probably assume that 'BSD' is less specific, and thus possibly older (4.2BSD or 4.3BSD, depending on the package). BSDI is usually closer to FreeBSD than NetBSD is, so I'd try that first. Of course, you can always run into minor problems in any of the three, and even for FreeBSD if it was developed for a different version. Greg
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