=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/Attic/ports.html,v retrieving revision 1.22 retrieving revision 1.23 diff -u -r1.22 -r1.23 --- www/Attic/ports.html 1998/07/04 22:02:41 1.22 +++ www/Attic/ports.html 1998/11/17 01:10:30 1.23 @@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ OpenBSD is a fairly complete system of its own, but still there is a lot of software that one might want see added. However there is the problem on where to draw the line as to what to include, as well as the occasional - licensing and export restriction problems. In what is supposed to be - small stand-alone UNIX-like operating system, some things just can't be + licensing and export restriction problems. As OpenBSD is supposed to be + a small stand-alone UNIX-like operating system, some things just can't be shipped with the system.
We wanted to find a way for users to easily get software we don't provide - and started to look around. We didn't have to look far as a sibling project, - FreeBSD, had an excellent mechanism + and started to look around. We didn't have to look far, as sibling project + FreeBSD already had an + excellent mechanism for exactly this purpose called "The ports collection".
@@ -70,12 +71,12 @@ You can also ftp the 2.3 version from the pub/OpenBSD/2.3 directory on any of the ftp mirror sites. Note: this version, also on the 2.3 CDROM, is not the most - recent version. You likely want to get and use a newer version + recent version. You likely will want to get and use a newer version
Let's say you managed to get a ports tree and you want to compile and
install the archiving utility unzip
. You should be able to
- something like:
+ do something like this:
% cd /usr/ports/archivers/unzip % su @@ -103,17 +104,17 @@ as well as OpenBSD specific policies and hints.Problems and contacts
- If you have trouble with ports please send mail to the OpenBSD + If you have trouble with ports please send e-mail to the OpenBSD ports mailing list, ports@OpenBSD.ORG. - Patches are always appreciated, but in any case please provide: + Corrections are always welcome, but in any case do please provide:
uname -a
- uname -a
,
+