Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:20:32 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mkmf on Linux?? Message-ID: <20101015012031.GA28439@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20101015010017.GA36117@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20101014233028.GA26845@thought.org> <20101015010017.GA36117@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 03:00:17AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 04:30:32PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > I tried my first minor build of an unusual program [that only a > > CLI geek like me would use]. But can't find the mkmf that I've > > used for years. I haven't found anything comparable in the > > Linux world. Has anybody else out there gotten our old '93 src > > mkmf installed on Linux? > > Even on FreeBSD mkmf 4.11 needs some patching to compile (as evidenced by the > devel/mkmf port), so I expect same goes for Linux. Maybe the FreeBSD patches > work? > > Roland We'll see. I have entirely forgotten howto use uuencode/uudecode [!!] -- well, it's been at least 13 years--so carefully transferring things by hand. Anyway, there is the 32 and 64 bit issues... . gary PS: be nice to see [*esp'ly* ubuntu] get with it; maintain the older stuff. Even if it was back in the Eozoic:) > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.90a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org
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