From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Mar 17 23:59:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA05819 for ports-outgoing; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:59:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA05803 Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:58:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA25084; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 18:41:48 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603180811.SAA25084@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: HOWTO make a FreeBSD port To: andreas@knobel.gun.de (Andreas Klemm) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 18:41:47 +1030 (CST) Cc: asami@cs.berkeley.edu, doc@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Andreas Klemm" at Mar 18, 96 07:47:42 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andreas Klemm stands accused of saying: > > 2 hours for /dev/null, *sigh*, maybe I better had asked before doing > the work... > > But maybe there is demand for something like a "life example" ? Yes! Definitely! Don't even _dream_ of tossing it out; rather, get it added to the section as "Andreas Knobel writes 'This is how I created the XYZ port'" as an example. Very useful! > Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ $$ Support Unix - aklemm@wup.de $$ -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[