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Date:      Fri, 6 Oct 2017 20:52:03 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl>
To:        Dale Scott <dalescott@shaw.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Cannot .configure WindowMaker 0.95.8 - Xmu lib issues
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.21.1710062044120.2053@yokozuna>
In-Reply-To: <019401d33ed2$11b78350$352689f0$@shaw.ca>
References:  <1507310201.4831.52.camel@btinternet.com> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1710062004010.2053@yokozuna> <019401d33ed2$11b78350$352689f0$@shaw.ca>

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On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, the wise Dale Scott wrote:

> [...] If the application was created for Linux, you may need to install 
> and configure the GNU build chain first, and also expect to encounter 
> problems along the way. [...]

If the application was created for Linux then it should be ported first so 
that it can be build/installed by ports. That's the point of the 
portstree: applications ported from other systems, so that it installs 
and runs on FreeBSD.

-- 
I wish there was a knob on the TV where you could turn up the
intelligence.  They've got one called brightness, but it doesn't
seem to work.
 		-- Gallagher



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