Re: Ports from github

2020-05-25 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 25/05/2020 03:55, Adam Weinberger wrote: > Thank you, Matthew! This is such gold. Could you maybe dump that into > a page on the FreeBSD wiki? It'd be nice to have in the PHB but wiki > would be a great start. Clear explanations like this are precisely > what users need, and we need to start

Re: Ports from github

2020-05-24 Thread Adam Weinberger
On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 2:49 AM Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On 24/05/2020 03:39, Montgomery-Smith, Stephen wrote: > > Is there a "howto" that explains how to build a port from a project that > > is on github? The FreeBSD porters handbook seems to assume a lot of > > knowledge is already

Re: Ports from github

2020-05-24 Thread Montgomery-Smith, Stephen
On 5/24/20 3:49 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 24/05/2020 03:39, Montgomery-Smith, Stephen wrote: >> Is there a "howto" that explains how to build a port from a project that >> is on github? The FreeBSD porters handbook seems to assume a lot of >> knowledge is already understood. > > Well, the

Re: Ports from github

2020-05-24 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 24/05/2020 03:39, Montgomery-Smith, Stephen wrote: > Is there a "howto" that explains how to build a port from a project that > is on github? The FreeBSD porters handbook seems to assume a lot of > knowledge is already understood. Well, the only thing "different" about porting something from

Re: Ports from github

2020-05-24 Thread David Cornejo
i am ahead of you in learning about making ports - if no one more experienced can help you out, feel free to contact me privately and I'll do what I can to help. The FreeBSD ports system is pretty awesome in my opinion - it's far easier than RPMs or DEBs. dave c - Kailua, HI 96734 Cornejo

Ports from github

2020-05-23 Thread Montgomery-Smith, Stephen
Is there a "howto" that explains how to build a port from a project that is on github? The FreeBSD porters handbook seems to assume a lot of knowledge is already understood. ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list