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Subject: Re: HOWTO make a FreeBSD port
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * Ask Jordan. Some weeks ago he wanted me to write such a very beginner
 :
 * 2 hours for /dev/null, *sigh*, maybe I better had asked before doing
 * the work...

I wish you'd asked me (the ports manager) before, I have put a large
amount of work (measured in days if not weeks) to revitalize that
section, and it is quite complete now (I think).

 * But maybe there is demand for something like a "life example" ?

Yes, I'll see if I can put it in there, it can be quite useful.  But
before, can you please read the relevant section from the most
up-to-date handbook (you can get to it from www.freebsd.org) and
resubmit your "example"?  You'll probably notice that there are quite
a few things that need to be changed. :)

(I took a look at your submission the first time I saw it, one of the
reasons why I was so terse in the first mail was because I knew it
needed a big rewrite to even be considered going in there.)

Thanks!

Satoshi