On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Laurence Rochfort <laurence.rochf...@gmail.com> wrote: > :D B Thanks for the permission to compile, Jan! > > I was thinking more of allowances I might have to make for compiling > software developed with GNU in mind on OpenBSD. B Or am I just looking > at it the wrong way?
http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20100310215559 > > I guess I'll just suck it and see. > > I'll also have a crack at creating a port. > > Many thanks. > > > > On 17 April 2012 10:29, Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> wrote: >> On Apr 17 10:10:27, Laurence Rochfort wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've moved from Debian to OpenBSD as my main OS a short while ago and >>> have come across my first situation where a piece of software is not >>> available in packages or ports. >>> >>> Specifically, I'm following the book Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: >>> http://pragprog.com/book/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks >>> >>> I believe Io and Prolog are not in ports: >>> > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/lang/?only_with_tag=OPENBSD_5_0#d > irlist >> >> ls /usr/ports/lang | grep prolog >> Don't know about Io (never used it). >> >>> Can I just download the source for the above >>> and compile as I would in Linux? >> >> No, that's strictly forbidden. >> >>> Any guidance as to process and good practice would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Srsly though, if the software you want is not in ports, >> and you compile from the source, please make a port from it >> so that others don't have to replicate your effort >> (and subscribe to the ports@ mailing list of course) >> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/ports/ >> >> B B B B Jan
