Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:29:48 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAC OS X connection to FreeBSD? Message-ID: <45592A1C.3020705@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <455915BA.9090300@infowest.com> 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>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFWSoc6CkrZkzMC68RArXzAJ4qQT6C1OvhZItA5T/+Vsm03qGLOwCeJNVG FdhRXWf3jvCDB34nKe5OWVc= =v9Iy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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