From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 21 19:32:43 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3141D16A417 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:32:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vext01@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7D3113C46A for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:32:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vext01@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so2604560pye for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:32:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=ZFAbeidyvqcodIvQH6ly3w9qxluALFaTh3P3t7eReyrqBQIjyaIuyxVsWsD8f9/bUvJ7wgxL0jqCM1sv31Fpek395afjf6ySyiqT0ZMDafjY84CjAYj/rYAUenI7mr9uacozYy5lx60fM8WqfQclkfg8KbrE5uapyjV/KURwFkE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=cCo6OEDvQAQvjAYHmd9OyhtnFHrG7NhVTUHxQcOxhoOrg4rCyI0gDXhrTnlQkaphbG4MtShks9ix9i4j3v42uyrj5gIKqrjDCEgTjs3VZrFQGNLt6S5UrvYa/gswzN088OVIL4JBAicv2hSLZyMb45Lsv5MD5nT6Pt3zV4RUMD4= Received: by 10.65.219.1 with SMTP id w1mr2565758qbq.1185044866660; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:07:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.124.19 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:07:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:07:46 +0100 From: "Edd Barrett" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, pkgsrc-users@netbsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: TeXLive for Net/FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:32:43 -0000 Hi, Firstly I would like to apologise for the cross-post. I wouldn't usually do this, but as the message for both lists is identical, It would have looked like a cross post (even if it wasn't)... I have just finished porting TeXLive (A modern TeX distribution to replace the old teTeX port) to OpenBSD. During the porting process I documented the how/why and what's of the port; a) So that I can remember how to do it when the next release of texlive comes out and b) So that the other BSD's might find the information useful for a port as our ports (or pkgsrc for NetBSD) systems are similar(ish). Here are the reason I personaly chose to port TeXLive: - No sparc64 binaries on the TeXLive DVD - TeXLive more modern than teTeX - XeteX support - ConTeXt support - More comprehensive macro collection - pkg_add convenience There is a whole load of information and source code relating to the OpenBSD port on my webpage (http://students.dec.bmth.ac.uk/ebarrett/texlive/). Hope it might help. If not, disregard this mail. I am not on list, so if you do want to contact me, you should reply to my personal email address. -- Best Regards Edd --------------------------------------------------- http://students.dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/ebarrett