Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 10:49:07 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, hw <hw@adminart.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What does it mean to use ports? Message-ID: <f824f4b4-c32a-475b-9153-43e4dbec7316@cyberleo.net> In-Reply-To: <20190716002710.6d7c7800.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <87o91wqjl5.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <20190715021053.2f82c84c.freebsd@edvax.de> <87blxwosmj.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <20190716002710.6d7c7800.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 7/15/19 5:27 PM, Polytropon wrote: <snip> > no idea why they gave it a name that's hard to spell and to pronounce <snip> One of the english translations of the word poudriere is 'tinderbox', seemingly an allusion to the original ports testing infrastructure used by FreeBSD. Presumably the name is in French because the original creator, Baptiste Daroussin, was too. -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net Element9 Communications http://www.Element9.net Furry Peace! - http://www.fur.com/peace/
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