[nycbug-talk] the next meeting

[Dru]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, G. Rosamond wrote:

> This should prove to be very informative. ...
>
> from our site. ..
>
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> 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.


Makes me wish it was easier to get to NYC in the middle of the week :-)

For those that are interested, the next article in the series (out Mar 24, 
IIRC) is an introduction to bsd.port.mk. Might be a good prepatory read 
for those brand new to this file.

Dru