Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:29:30 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: porting: Linux to Freebsd Message-ID: <20090608082930.GD9529@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <18988.39724.572280.687111@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <18988.39724.572280.687111@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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--JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Jun-08 01:01:32 -0400, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: > Is there anyone out there with experience porting from Linux to >FreeBSD and/or writing code for both who can spare a few cycles to >help a complete novice figure out what's different (and how to fix >it)? That's an extremely open-ended question. Probably the biggest issue is the use of GNU extensions in system utilities - particularly the assumption that /bin/sh is bash. You would probably be better off asking specific questions on problems that you run into. --=20 Peter Jeremy --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkosy+oACgkQ/opHv/APuIeapACfU/kQlUE3k5XiK/AozK1tz/10 /EQAnA+N1D+Ule/VCj2HqVYnSydRaawR =7fms -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej--
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