[nycbug-talk] the next meeting

[G. Rosamond]

This should prove to be very informative. ...

from our site. ..


April 06, 2005
Yarema: FreeBSD port maintenance

Tutorial on port maintenance: Courier on FreeBSD The entry point for 
many people into BSD is using the ports system to install and run just 
about any application one could ever want on a server. Yarema, 
yds at coolrat.org, will give an in-depth tutorial on how he maintains the 
Courier port to FreeBSD. Yarema has worked out kinks with getting 
Postfix, Mulberry, and some Ruby libraries to build consistently and 
easily. He will go line-by-line through the makefiles and show the 
audience where to find the knobs and the documentation for features 
such as the interactive configuration menus. Emphasis will be placed on 
the "Big Daddy" bsd.port.mk, which is 1/5 comments, 4/5 shell code. 
This will take you into the depths of the Makefile which is not covered 
in the Porter`s Handbook. After the talk Yarema will be taking 
questions and firing back answers... a rare opportunity for those 
interested.

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