From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 2 18:57:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA25940 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 May 1998 18:57:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA25897 for ; Sat, 2 May 1998 18:57:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA21325; Sat, 2 May 1998 18:57:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 18:57:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Barry Monk cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting netscape In-Reply-To: <001301bd73a9$66dbf3c0$134d5fc1@default> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Barry Monk wrote: > I am trying to port netscape inBSD2.2.5, there is no distfile on the CD > and I am not yet online inBSD to access the download sites referenced in > the script, also the referenced ftp sites have removed the english > version(probably outdated). I have a couple of newbie quesions,(please > don't flame me). :-) Is there something I am missing on the CD's or > manual with regard to netscape, as I think i have followed the > instructions correctly, and as a second option, I have a version of > netscape on an OpenLinux cd, but it is in .rpm format as opposed to > gzip. What is this format and can I use it on my BSD system? Netscape could not be distributed with the CD for licensing reasons. The port is probably out of date, try fetching a newer port from http://www.freebsd.org/ports. I think we have some RPM tools in the ports tree but don't quote me on that. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message