From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 14 02:30:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1521216A415 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:30:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08F143D6A for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:30:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kAE2UG9b028703 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:30:16 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.101] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kAE2UAfo005364 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:30:14 -0800 Message-ID: <45592A1C.3020705@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:29:48 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060929) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <454E9F7B.5010105@outstep.com> <454EB6D6.3030807@infowest.com> <454EBEEC.1060002@u.washington.edu> <454F210C.9000602@outstep.com> <004001c70706$0d571ec0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <62104DC1-8AD2-41E1-B469-51CAC91A8D8B@mac.com> <455915BA.9090300@infowest.com> In-Reply-To: <455915BA.9090300@infowest.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2006.11.13.181433 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __LINES_OF_YELLING 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: MAC OS X connection to FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:30:30 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lorin Lund wrote: > >> >>> The biggest problem with MacOS X is that a lot of UNIX software that >>> runs on FreeBSD and such, is not ported to MacOSX, and it's very >>> difficult to compile on MacOSX. >> >> This is completely wrong. Take a look at macports [1] (formerly >> darwinports) for a large repository of UNIX software that compiles >> very cleanly on OSX. It's nearly 7 years since OSX shipped to the >> public. In that time, most opensource software was updated to compile >> cleanly on OSX. The primary changes to allow this were to the >> "configure" scripts so they recognize darwin as a base OS. If other >> patches were necessary, most software maintainers accepted these >> patches back into their trunk. >> >> OSX has excellent support for most UNIX software. >> >> cr >> >> [1] macports.org > > In trying to compile A+ (see aplusdev.org) I had a few problems getting > it compiled > for FreeBSD (Because the A+ code was using the wrong macro to identify > FreeBSD) > But my efforts to compile the latest version for OS X.3 PPC have brought > out errors > that look like compiler errors. > > In my view porting to the MAC is harder (though I very much wish it > weren't) I'll give porting it a shot. The majority of the stuff I have on my iBook is setup with fink, but I'll see if I can give it a go without the fink binaries involved.. - -Garrett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFWSoc6CkrZkzMC68RArXzAJ4qQT6C1OvhZItA5T/+Vsm03qGLOwCeJNVG FdhRXWf3jvCDB34nKe5OWVc= =v9Iy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----