Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:57:01 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [OT] A+ for Mac (was Re: MAC OS X connection to FreeBSD?) Message-ID: <4559307D.1070301@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <45592A1C.3020705@u.washington.edu> 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> <45592A1C.3020705@u.washington.edu>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Garrett Cooper wrote: > 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 > You do realize that there is an OSX binary at the 2/3 of the way down the download page, do you not? - -Garrett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFWTB96CkrZkzMC68RAudFAJ953qQojolSRRHHqlgkDAg4rttZOgCeM0IC Mq3URy3OiVo6VR8KJ9/2nQU= =qCyj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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