On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, LraiseR wrote:
> I have NetBSD-1.5Alpha2-i386 (not the latest snap)
> I tried downloading and installing Maude (http://maude.csl.sri.com/). 
> FreeBSD version doesn't work at all, but the linux version works without 
> even need of linux emulation (d'oh???). I do have COMPAT_LINUX in the 
> kernel tho. Still, I wonder. Q: Why this? Because it's static and 
> doesn't require any library?

Probably. Try /emul/linux/usr/bin/ldd <maude-binary>


> Another point. I'd like to see the Maude packaged so that it can be used 
> like all other packages. Where do I find information on building the 
> data to be put on pkgsrc (if I can do it myself, saving you some work) 
> or, what do I have to do to let you know? Note that I'd be willing to 
> contribute with porting other packages not yet integrated (time 
> permitting).

If you have lots of time: read pkgsrc/Packages.txt
If you want a fast start: try the url2pkg package, and give it the URL of
the archive you want to pkgize.


 - Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>