Re: How do I get into porting?

["David Hiran Watson" <hiranwatson@gmail.com>]

Is it better to port vbox from Debian GNU/Linux or build the source code?


------Original Message------
From: Petr Salinger
To: David Hiran Watson
Cc: Mailing List - Debian GNU/*BSD
Subject: Re: How do I get into porting?
Sent: Feb 25, 2011 13:45

> I have a newbie question: how do I get into porting? Or rather, what resources should I look at before I attempt to port via compiling source code?
> I would like to attempt to port vbox for debian-kfreebsd or at least build it from oracle's  source code. I've done some developing in the past in uni but haven't in a few years. Have the aptitude for programming but not the knowledge anymore.

Usual porting guidelines apply, there is also slightly outdated guide with 
specific GNU/kFreeBSD porting hints
http://glibc-bsd.alioth.debian.org/porting/PORTING

Petr



God bless

David Hiran Watson
e: hiranwatson@gmail.com