Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 09:00:10 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Adam David <adam@veda.is> Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@freefall.freebsd.org>, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/net Makefile ports/net/dhcp Makefile ports/net/ivs Makefile ports/net/wais Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960420084434.435B-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199604192324.XAA02078@veda.is>
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On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Adam David wrote: > > Modified: net/wais Makefile > > Log: > > This port is BROKEN. :( > > There is probably a better candidate for generic WAIS and Z.* work > (suggestions?). CNIDR has replaced FreeWAIS with the Isite suite, including an indexer, and Z39.50 server, client and www gateway. It compiles out of the box with some harmless warnings. It is not entirely bug free though; I've been having some difficulty indexing large collections of mail messages. The other option is FreeWAIS-sf. Last version I used, which runs the mailing list archives on http://www.freebsd.org, is a little buggy. That was around patch level 40. I think it is around 65 now. (I condolances to any porter who tries to follow this package!) Freewais-sf uses an obsolete Z39.50 spec (unless they changed very recently). Isite uses a more modern, though not the latest and greatest, Z39.50 spec and offers a flexible API for connecting arbitrary back-end databases, while freewais is hardwired to indexes generated by waisindex. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================
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