From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 6 17:17:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B493716A4D4 for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 17:17:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8078543D8D for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 17:17:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) j46HGxII097550; Fri, 6 May 2005 19:16:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost.blackend.org [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j46HGxkP001292; Fri, 6 May 2005 19:16:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j46HGwB0001291; Fri, 6 May 2005 19:16:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 19:16:58 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Brooks Davis Message-ID: <20050506171658.GG586@gothic.blackend.org> Mail-Followup-To: Brooks Davis , Boris Hollas , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org References: <20050302143958.1483e0b9.hollas@informatik.uni-ulm.de> <20050302134214.GI42515@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20050302175840.06b4031f.hollas@informatik.uni-ulm.de> <20050326205419.GA2389@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20050328182710.GA14375@odin.ac.hmc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050328182710.GA14375@odin.ac.hmc.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE cc: Boris Hollas cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mathematica 5 installation - updated X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 17:17:02 -0000 --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 10:27:10AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > >=20 > > May we keep from the current section: > >=20 > > "The Linux version of Mathematica runs perfectly under FreeBSD however > > the binaries shipped by Wolfram need to be branded so that FreeBSD knows > > to use the Linux ABI to execute them." > > ? >=20 > In my experience, branding isn't actually required. >=20 > I've actually got a port in perforce that is most of what you need to > do a basic Mathematica 5.1 install (minus the font stuff since I'm > actually running Grid Mathematica on a cluster). If there's intrest, > I'll work on polishing it and get is committed. > [sorry for this delayed answer] I think a port will save us against many headaches regarding the update of the documentation and will, of course, be simplier for the end-user. Marc --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCe6aJzQ9RwE+OdOgRAoPdAKCL9bSkT7vI7mPcruhvMFmTMhV+LQCfTjuw KYEFsGX8lnP5n0XjEqswDB0= =AD7Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--