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Building an OpenBSD port
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Building an OpenBSD port
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Building an OpenBSD port
So you've just compiled your favorite software package on your
OpenBSD machine and you want to share your effort by turning
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Submit the port. Create a gzipped tarball of the port directory.
You can then either place it on a public FTP or HTTP server, sending
- its address to ports@openbsd.org
+ its address to ports@openbsd.org
or send the port mime encoded to the same address. Pick whichever
method works best for you.
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Available Porting Information
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Available Porting Information
The file /usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk. This is the
system ports makefile included at the end of each individual
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OpenBSD does NOT use /usr/local/etc/rc.d. /usr/local is often shared between several machines
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achieve this goal you must feed any OpenBSD patches
back to the application maintainer.
There are many security problems to worry about. If
you are not absolutely sure of what you are doing please request
help from the ports mailing
list.
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Do not use alpha or beta code when preparing a port. Use the
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Do not use alpha or beta code when preparing a port. Use the
latest regular or patch release.
Any software to be installed as a server should be scanned
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library writer point of view. Don't try to port libraries unless you
understand this issue thoroughly.
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Generic porting hints
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Generic porting hints
__OpenBSD__ should be used sparingly, if at all.
Constructs that look like
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s = foo_gcvt(n, 15, b);
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Other Helpful Hints
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Other Helpful Hints
Recent versions of bsd.port.mk set the installers
path. Specifically, they set /usr/bin and
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