From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 30 22:08:40 2011 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 9FC6F106566B for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:08:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612FB8FC12 for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:08:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws11 with SMTP id 11so2388934vws.13 for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:08:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=t1QN/ZFcF8ZCApLmBeGMdyL2yD2nTZlwBHWguBqrtSw=; b=aYN/14bgig90VXlcZPgLhZAKzaKAs/Z2nxepcgK8MAva98Zo0tkkE0F8T0WHNTrFvF WZaxOqT8DmFBaK7FPPUPYA8XdFX8JOk9JYsQFEv+mUFK3MirpxkS1lu5/UlhuWaavDsH AH/yrC2m7k2nx3sd69EaCS69FCk5bRc65bjU4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.34.240 with SMTP id c16mr1302800vdj.342.1317418928010; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:42:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.200.68 with HTTP; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:42:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:42:07 +0200 Message-ID: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Setting up environment for development/testing 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: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:08:40 -0000 Hi all, Could anyone give me some hints on how to set up an environment to develop and test new ports? I see some people use tinderbox. Are tinderbox's jails the best way to write and test ports? What are the alternatives? Would be enough to have a fresh freebsd installation on a virtual machine or is it better to prepare a chroot? I read the porter's handbook but it didn't seem too clear to this respect. Any other information source that I should refer to? Sorry if these are too many questions... just one more :) could you cc me? I'm not subscribed to the list. Thanks in advance.