On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 02:50:34PM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 10:00:18PM +0100, Chris G wrote: > > I did go and look at the download links to BSD ports but, to be quite > > honest, they made little sense to me. I.e. I got to:- > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=mutt&stype=name > > > > ... but then didn't really know what to do. There's a download link > > to a .tgz file but not being a FreeBSD person I haven't a clue what to > > do with that file and I don't even know whether it will install > > non-root. > > > > I think building from source is likely to be more productive. > > Even if you're not totally familiar with FreeBSD, you might still want > to look at the ports stuff. Ports are built from source, and what you'll > find in there are how to build mutt (which options, etc), and perhaps > patches to make it work correctly. There may be a missing piece in there > that you'll see and have an "Aha!" moment for building it yourself. ;-) > OK, I'll take a look.
-- Chris Green
