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Re: 1.5.16 build issues on BSD



On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 02:50:34PM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 10:00:18PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> > I did go and look at the download links to BSD ports but, to be quite
> > honest, they made little sense to me.  I.e. I got to:-
> > 
> >     http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=mutt&stype=name
> > 
> > ... but then didn't really know what to do.  There's a download link
> > to a .tgz file but not being a FreeBSD person I haven't a clue what to
> > do with that file and I don't even know whether it will install
> > non-root.
> > 
> > I think building from source is likely to be more productive.
> 
> Even if you're not totally familiar with FreeBSD, you might still want
> to look at the ports stuff. Ports are built from source, and what you'll
> find in there are how to build mutt (which options, etc), and perhaps
> patches to make it work correctly. There may be a missing piece in there
> that you'll see and have an "Aha!" moment for building it yourself. ;-)
> 
OK, I'll take a look.

-- 
Chris Green