:D 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. Or am I just looking at it the wrong way?
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 <[email protected]> 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/ > > Jan
