Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:49:05 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: rob <europax@home.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: newby porter question Message-ID: <39D9D5C1.2943613A@FreeBSD.org> References: <39D751F0.7964C004@home.com>
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rob wrote: > I've tried porting a few Linux programs with no success. Is there > somewhere a doc or tutorial showing a step by step process to get a > working port, esp from Linux? I've looked at the FreeBSD porters > manual, but it seems to mainly be concerned with getting a port to > comply with the FreeBSD specs. Thanks, Rob. The things your are asking for are just too generic to be described somewhere. In general, you have to try to get software being ported compiling/working on FreeBSD by replacing Linuxisms with appropriate BSDisms where necessary. The tools to be used include, but not limited to: your brain, man(1), make(1), gdb(1), gcc(1) etc. Also good knowledge of Unix programming would be very helpful, however its degree might vary from the task to task. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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