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History
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 on what to include and not, as well as licensing
-and export restrictions problems. 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 for exactly this purpose called "The
-ports collection". After thinking about it for a while we decided to
-try to use their collection as is, but do incompatibility problems between
-FreeBSD and OpenBSD we decided to branch out and create our very own OpenBSD
+on where to draw the line on what to include and not in a small unix-like
+operating system, as well as licensing and export restrictions problems.
+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
+for exactly this purpose called "The
+ports collection".
+After thinking about it for a while we decided to try to use their
+collection as is, but due to incompatibility problems between FreeBSD
+and OpenBSD we decided to branch out and create our very own OpenBSD
Ports Project using FreeBSD's as a starting point.
+We recommend reading the ports chapter in the FreeBSD handbook to get information on how to setup this hierarchy until OpenBSD can complete -its on ports.helpfile +its own ports.helpfile
cd /usr/ports/archivers/unzip -make -su -make install -exit ++% cd /usr/ports/archivers/unzip +% make +% su +# make install +# exitEasy, huh?Problems and contacts
Our ports coordinator is currently working on a ports statues page - what is done, what is being worked on -right now, on what architecture, etc. If you have trouble with ports contact -either Ejovi Nuwere (preferably), -Gene Skonicki or Todd Tyrone Fries and give us either patches on -how to fix things or, if you cannot -do this, point us at the problematic port and tell us what fails and we -shall try to fix it. +right now, on what architecture, etc. +If you have trouble with ports contact either +Ejovi Nuwere (preferably), +Gene Skonicki, or +Todd Tyrone Fries +and provide either patches or details for how to fix things or, +if you cannot do this, point us at the problematic port and tell +us what fails and we shall try to fix it.
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