On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:11:03 -0400 Rich Neese <r.ne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/15/2012 5:08 PM, Robert Simmons wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Jerry <je...@seibercom.net> wrote: > >> Skype 4.0 for Linux is now available. Is there any possibility of > >> getting it ported to FreeBSD? The latest version in ports is only > >> 2.x. > > I don't have time to do it right at the moment, but since this is > > pre-compiled binary software, updating the port yourself and sending > > the patches in with a PR would not be a complex task. I'm confident > > that you could do it. Start here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/quick-porting.html > > > > The URL for downloading the bugger is here: > > http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-4.0.0.7.tar.bz2 > > > > Good luck, and thanks in advance! It also needs to run, which it doesn't for lack of linux emulation things and some linux- ports. > I just wish skype would get off their buts and make a bsd version. time > to break code and make a opensource version 0 chances. As a market we're not significant at all for them. Even Linux isn't, not really. -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> ite...@freebsd.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
