From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2002-11-15T14:21:25+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation


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Rich Kilmer (rich@infoether.com) wrote:

> > What? No FreeBSD port?
>=20
>=20
> OK...so FreeRIDE is written purely in Ruby...there is NO 'C' code.  Not
> one line.  But we do depend on native Ruby extensions including FXRuby
> (with FXScintilla) and Ripper (source parser).  Ripper is a quick
> recompile, but FXRuby and FXScintilla (thus Fox and Scintilla) is
> another matter.  If these run on your platform and work with Ruby,
> FreeRIDE should work there.  If not, it won't.

A FreeBSD 'port' is a generic term for an installable 'package'.
(Actually, in FreeBSD-speak, packages are ports that have been compiled
and saved into a tar'd and bzip'd archive for people who don't like to
bulid from source.)

A port consists of a Makefile that describes dependency, configure
options, etc.  So its really simple to make.

More info here:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html

(actually, you can probably bug seanc to make the port for you, since
he's a ports commiter)

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