http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net//ports/pseudo/ This might be what you're talking about. I'm fairly new at FreeBSD. I'll like to see if there was a different group (or SIG) for *BSD in the valley. Cheers, Kirt -- W. Kirt Karl Information Technology Arizona State University (480) 965 - 3599 k.karl@asu.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: Gontran [mailto:gontran@gontran.net] > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 8:01 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > Subject: 'Ports' for all > > > Question: > -------- > JLF was talking about something called 'open-ports' a new > project to bring the BSD ports system to other NIX platforms. Is there > a URL or a place to read more about it? > > Search on google turned up all the wrong goodies, and > sourceforge doesn't > seem to have an entry that I can find. > > Giddy Excitement: > ----------------- > There is a pre 1.0 gnu/linux distro called 'Gentoo Linux' > (http://www.gentoo.org) that offers an attempt (first?) at a > ports collection > for linux. > > It works great. > > Really, this is not an overstatement. Having used, and > loved, ports on > OpenBSD, I can say it's comparable. > > It really is grand. I heartily recommend it. > > Also if you're interested in developing and potentially > playing a key role > in an up and coming distro, CVS access is just a few well > done contributions > away. > > Cheers, > Gontran > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your > mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to > write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >