Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 11:22:21 -0500 From: "Stephen Comoletti" <rugose@delanet.com> To: "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>, "M S Anam" <shuman@annexgrp.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Porting targets (was: os type) Message-ID: <199801270424.XAA07412@www.delanet.com>
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Just rename makefile.neb (NetBSD make file) to Makefile and run with that. It compiles clean first try on the 2.2.1 system I work with. Steve ---------- > From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> > To: M S Anam <shuman@annexgrp.org> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Porting targets (was: os type) > Date: Monday, January 26, 1998 6:18 PM > > 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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