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To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
cc: andreas@knobel.gun.de, doc@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: HOWTO make a FreeBSD port 
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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:28:17 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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Well, not too fast I think - I haven't yet had the chance to read
Andreas's little submission in detail (it's in my list of pending
things to do) but it may well contain parts which are far superior to
the mess that's currently there.  I'm confident in saying that the
current "how to do a port" document is trash since I wrote quite a bit
of it! :-)  I've wanted to redo it for some time.

					Jordan

>  * I've tried to make a little guide how to create a port. Ok, it still
>  * doesn't cover every detail, but is perhaps a good guidance for the
>  * "very beginner".
>  * 
>  * Please could someone, who is experienced in writing smgl documents,
>  * convert this into sgml (if you like this document) ?
>  * 
>  * I think it should be included into the FreeBSD Handbook in the
>  * ports section as an "life" example.
> 
> I'm sorry, but there already is a "how to make a port" in the
> Handbook.  It's buried somewhere in the "how to contribute" section,
> maybe that's why you didn't see it.
> 
> Satoshi