From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Dec 31 09:11:48 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id JAA07482 for ports-outgoing; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 09:11:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from charlotte.spiders.com (charlotte.spiders.com [199.224.7.188]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id JAA07476 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 09:11:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gwh@localhost) by charlotte.spiders.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA10531; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 12:14:07 -0500 Message-Id: <199612311714.MAA10531@charlotte.spiders.com> From: gwh@spiders.com (Gene W Homicki) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 12:14:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: "Michael P. Deslippe"'s message as of Dec 31, 11:35 X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: bgy2452@cincy5.dcro.dla.mil, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Similarities Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk +--- | I'm not sure this is the right LIST for this question. When | installing third-party software, most installation instructions quote | a plethora of generic UNIX-similar systems. When using FreeBSD | (2.1.6, in my case), which system do I use when FreeBSD is not called | out? I have successfully uses BSD4.4 in the past, but my current | project (QMail) only lists BSDI 2.0 that appears close. Am I safe in | following instructions for installing BSDI 2.x applications? +--- I run qmail, last time I installed (0.91, I know 0.95 is out), qmail figuired the system type out on its own and compiled clean. Just had to type "make". I haven't checked lately to see if there is a FreeBSD "port" for it yet, but even if not its one of the easiest things to compile. Great MTA as well. --Gene -- Gene W. Homicki gwh@spiders.com Objective Consulting, Inc. http://www.spiders.com/ Internet Presence Design voice: +1 914.524.4151