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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
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Subject: Re: policy with sources imported..
To: julian@freefall.cdrom.com (Julian Elischer)
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> Very often I want to compile something from FreeBSD, for another OS, so that
> I have compatible versions. This of course means I have to 'UN-PORT' it.
> I understand that for the ports, we have a lead back to the original
> versions, but for things that are imported, there are no such links..
> 
Why do you have to 'UN-PORT' it?

Is it the makefile stuff?

I thought it would be a nice thing if the makefile stuff could be
easily cross-built to allow the packages to mostly "just compile" on
other platforms.

I did notice a distinct lack of portability for things like tcsh
and telnetd, though; I would think it would be a goal to make sure
that the code didn't get "deportablized" as it was imported -- I
was really suprised at some of the things that wouldn't build for SunOS.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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