Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:39:44 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maple troubles with SMP -- solved. How to contribute this to the FBSD documentation now? Message-ID: <20041013153944.GA1098@lori.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <416D38CA.4040506@daleco.biz> References: <20041012165042.GA93462@lori.mine.nu> <20041013084332.GB96867@lori.mine.nu> <416D38CA.4040506@daleco.biz>
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 09:16:42AM -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > Geert Hendrickx wrote: > > > > >I have hacked and patched some Maple shell scripts, so that Maple uses > >the native FreeBSD JDK which I have compiled from the Ports, and now it > >seems to work right. > > > >When I have fully tested this, I would like to update the FreeBSD > >documentation (the part about Linux emulation), which describes how to > >get Maple running on FreeBSD, and include the patches I've written. How > >should I do this? > > > >GH > > > > > > > You should probably submit appropriate problem reports. Create > patches with dif(1), and quote them inline in the pr. For documentation, > the procedure is the same, you just patch the document SGML source. > The FDP primer would have more info on this. > > If you have patches for the Maple port itself, it should probably be > discussed on the ports@ list, or perhaps even with the maintainer > him/herself. > > I certainly don't speak for the Project itself, but this would seem > to be the canonical way of contributing back to FreeBSD ... > > HTH, > > Kevin Kinsey There is no Maple port, Maple must be installed from a CD with a valid license key. But there is a section in the Handbook which describes how to get Maple running on FreeBSD. Only, it has become harder with the newer versions of Maple. :-) I think I would rather rewrite the current section than patch it. Anyway thanks for the notes. GH -- :wq
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