Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 00:28:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> Cc: 72110.765@compuserve.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960106002624.3698A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9601060255.AA02982@tera.com>
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On Fri, 5 Jan 1996, Gary Kline wrote: > To date, virtually nothing has been plug and > play. Nothing (except for xemacs) has auto-configured > and ``just worked.'' I was a bit surprised that > software on the FreeBSD CD is not BSD-specific. At > least mostly. Odd. I've had the opposite experience. The only thing I've had trouble with is TeX (which I'm now recompiling, and crossing my fingers). Everything else has been `make', `su', `make install', `rehash' and run. > I've been porting for more years than I care to > admit, and I'll finish up with the same environment > as is on my old 386.... but am I doing something > stupid? Is there some pre-config magic for FreeBSD > hidden away somewhere?? Better to ask this now > than wait until I've re-re-re-invented the wheel! I haven't a clue. You must have just picked the wrong ports, I guess :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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