Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 08:05:50 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu> To: Alex Laurie <alex.r.laurie@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finding abandoned ports Message-ID: <527255AE.5060809@missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAJ33AJUi5wb=OSvn8cymCyiWd5HTqEQn4g4=mH85sQ9WJTM-Hg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ33AJUi5wb=OSvn8cymCyiWd5HTqEQn4g4=mH85sQ9WJTM-Hg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/30/2013 09:02 AM, Alex Laurie wrote: > Hello all, > > Only really just getting into FreeBSD but I am inspired to help out. I'm > not a developer or anything. However I do like to install and update > things. I though one area I may be able to help out is in the ports side of > things. I have been through the Porters handbook and thought I would try > updating some out of date ports to cut my teeth so to speak. Looking around > I don't seem to see anywhere with abandoned ports that need some love. > If you are running FreeBSD version 10 or higher, I have a couple of ports that don't build: cad/gmsh-occ and math/GiNaC. I am still running FreeBSD 8 where these build problems don't occur. If you could fix these for me, I would be very grateful, because the rest of my life (work and family) is really occupying a lot of my time right now. But only if you would enjoy doing this - I will probably get to it eventually, but just not yet. Thanks, Stephen
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