From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Aug 29 02:41:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA06577 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 02:41:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA06569; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 02:41:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id TAA15411; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 19:10:57 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id TAA07745; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 19:10:56 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980829191055.K17530@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 19:10:55 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Matt Simerson Cc: FreeBSD-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting the Ports collection to BSDI. References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Matt Simerson on Fri, Aug 28, 1998 at 01:09:58PM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm copying -ports on this one, since it's really their business. Please follow up there. On Friday, 28 August 1998 at 13:09:58 -0400, Matt Simerson wrote: > > I am a BSDi and FreeBSD users. As you may know, BSDI does not have a ports > collection. A group of BSDI users including myself have decided to build a > ports collection for BSDI that is based entirely (hey, copying is the most > sincere form of flattery right) upon the FreeBSD ports collection. The > idea is fabulous but... > > Is there any major aversion of us doing this? I don't want to step on > anyone's toes. It's free software. Go for it, as long as you don't breach the Berkeley License (which is pretty unlikely in a BSDI environment). > Is there a better way of doing this? I think so. I'd expect BSDI to be compatible enough that you wouldn't need more than the occasionally correction to the ports, and that you don't need to do much more than install the ports collection and go for it. You'll also need some files in /usr/share/mk. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message