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Re: FreeBSD port [message #1043 is a reply to message #1042]

Wed, 15 February 2006 23:13

masu
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Registered: February 2006

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You can do that, but a package will be automatically build from the port and it will be put on the FreeBSD FTP sites, too.

So, it is not the "usual" way to put the package on the project website, since every FreeBSD user uses either the ports to build from sources or installs the package that is downloaded from a FreeBSD FTP site.

I think you have different options:

1. Only state on your website, that a FreeBSD port of upp exists and it can be installed using the FreeBSD ports system.

2. Put the port directory and the binary package on the sf site. (I can give you both)

3. Only put the binary package on the sf site and try to encorporate my changes into the upp sources.

I think option 1 is the best solution and maybe you include a link to the package on a FreeBSD FTP site for direct download. But it is your choice Smile

!

Oh, one important thing I forgot to mention:
I submitted the port to the FreeBSD project, but I have to wait until it is really submitted into the ports tree. And this can take up to a few weeks, so you should wait with the website update until it is really submitted.

And another important thing I forgot to say:
The patches were applied against the sources having UNIX line endings, so a conversion has to take place before applying the patches.

Matthias

[Updated on: Wed, 15 February 2006 23:16]

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