From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 10 07:59:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3B0237B401 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 07:59:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B371A43F75 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 07:59:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.14 #3 (FreeBSD)) id 193dVp-000ORu-OV for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 17:58:49 +0300 Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 17:58:49 +0300 From: ODHIAMBO Washington To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030410145849.GC98890@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: ODHIAMBO Washington , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Fortune: God is a polytheist. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 X-Best-Window-Manager: Blackbox X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.3i (2002-12-17) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 5:54PM up 4 days, 4:48, 4 users, load averages: 0.65, 0.68, 0.81 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Subject: BZIP2 Support in the Base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 14:59:16 -0000 The FreeBSD 4.x (4.8-STABLE) has contributed sources for BZIP2 in the base system under /usr/src/contrib/bzip2. My problem is that I am not succeeding in building these sources for some strange reason. Some apps that I run would do well if I could get to install these success- fully. If there is anyone has succeeded, I'd highly appreciate the steps they went through to get bzip2 to build. Thanks -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington "The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-) Oh, I am a C programmer and I'm okay I muck with indices and structs all day And when it works, I shout hoo-ray Oh, I am a C programmer and I'm okay