Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:27:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Pedro Giffuni <pgiffuni@biblioteca.campus.unal.edu.co> To: Adam David <adam@veda.is> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: WAIS doesn`t require gmake Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.960620080500.28372A-100000@biblioteca.campus.unal.edu.co> In-Reply-To: <199606192254.WAA03300@veda.is>
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On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Adam David wrote: > > When Isite has been wrapped as a port, this version of wais can be folded into > the GN port, unless someone comes up with a convincing reason to keep it. > > -- Adam: I agree, Isite will eventually replace WAIS, but we are experimenting with ISIS-freeWAIS (ftp://ftp.nis.garr.it/pub/). Since ISIS is SCO compatible, and it generates binary files, it is a perfect add-in to FreeBSD. Using ISIS implies replacing our 2GB database on AIX with a 200MB database on FreeBSD! We are not sure this combination will work (it seems there may be differences between Unix-ISIS and DOS-ISIS) but anyway this version (or freeWAIS-sf) should replace the current WAIS. Keeping WAIS as a port may be important for adding WAIS access to lynx, gopherd, and CERN`s httpd. Is there a way to provide conditional compilation for these ports? Perhaps an <<if `FreeWAIS port available` then `additional patches`>> scheme? Pedro. National University of Colombia`s Library >
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