PrimeNet as a FreeBSD "port"

lapo · 2002-10-23, 10:23

Would be great to have the client software available in /usr/ports just like dnetc and others.. much easier to install.
For people that doesn't know freebsd "ports" they're a collection of Makefiles that do fetching, configuring, compiling and installing of software (and all of this with a simple "make install clean" in the correct subdirectory).

It's quite easy to put a software in the "ports collection" (I could help if needed).

QuintLeo · 2002-10-23, 20:59

Odd, I always ran my LINUX RC5/OGR cracker boxen with the client in /rc5 or /dnetc.

I don't understand the relevence of this /usr/ports question?

lapo · 2002-10-23, 21:57

It has nothing to do with the install point, as I said in the forst message "ports" are a method to port software on the FreeBSD architecture needing no binary precompiled distributions (more or less, much more actually).

gowen72 · 2002-10-23, 23:03

The only problem with doing this is that you would have to distribute the security.c and security.h files. Which would leave PrimeNet open to attack, ie you could fool the server into saying you've completed a test when you haven't.

ET_ · 2002-10-24, 06:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by gowen72

The only problem with doing this is that you would have to distribute the security.c and security.h files. Which would leave PrimeNet open to attack, ie you could fool the server into saying you've completed a test when you haven't.

When I worked on programming, there were nice object modules that you could link to your executable, acting like a black box in hiding library calls.
Maybe something has changed since then, so I naively ask: wouldn't it be possible to link a (say) "security.o" to the project?

Luigi

lapo · 2002-10-24, 16:42

Of course.
Ther Makefile can download sources + patches (if needed) and, why not, even a .o... of course you need to create it each time if it changes (but I doubt it).

Prime95 · 2002-10-28, 01:56

FreeBSD port of 22.10 is now available

lapo · 2002-10-28, 12:24

What about having it in the "ports"?

e.g. http://www.sm.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/misc/dnetc/

lapo · 2003-02-02, 22:24

Hey.. I'm still interested in this...
if it's not possible to do a "clean" port using sources (or "most of them") I guess I'll have to prepaer a port using the pre-compiled binaries?

ebx · 2003-02-04, 01:09

It is not hard to make the port giving that the source is 'mostly' available. I guess what George meant was a freebsd version of prime95.

FreeBSD 'port' defines a clean way of porting applications to FreeBSD. (Similar to source rpm in linux. Binary rpm is called package by FreeBSD which are pre-build ports). Basically, patch and file list and ftp sites and dependencies etc. are included in a port. A simple make install will get you going. By having the file list, it is easy to remove a prot. Upgrade later is easy too.

Some ports are completely binary only. The port only does some configuration job. A good example is netscape - the source was never made available.

2002-10-23, 10:23	#1
lapo Oct 2002 5 Posts	PrimeNet as a FreeBSD "port" Would be great to have the client software available in /usr/ports just like dnetc and others.. much easier to install. For people that doesn't know freebsd "ports" they're a collection of Makefiles that do fetching, configuring, compiling and installing of software (and all of this with a simple "make install clean" in the correct subdirectory). It's quite easy to put a software in the "ports collection" (I could help if needed).

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2002-10-23, 20:59	#2
QuintLeo Oct 2002 Lost in the hills of Iowa 2⁶·7 Posts	Odd, I always ran my LINUX RC5/OGR cracker boxen with the client in /rc5 or /dnetc. I don't understand the relevence of this /usr/ports question?

2002-10-23, 21:57	#3
lapo Oct 2002 5 Posts	It has nothing to do with the install point, as I said in the forst message "ports" are a method to port software on the FreeBSD architecture needing no binary precompiled distributions (more or less, much more actually).

2002-10-23, 23:03	#4
gowen72 Aug 2002 7² Posts	The only problem with doing this is that you would have to distribute the security.c and security.h files. Which would leave PrimeNet open to attack, ie you could fool the server into saying you've completed a test when you haven't.

2002-10-24, 16:42	#6
lapo Oct 2002 5 Posts	Of course. Ther Makefile can download sources + patches (if needed) and, why not, even a .o... of course you need to create it each time if it changes (but I doubt it).

2002-10-28, 01:56	#7
Prime95 P90 years forever! Aug 2002 Yeehaw, FL 20127₈ Posts	FreeBSD port of 22.10 is now available

2002-10-28, 12:24	#8
lapo Oct 2002 5 Posts	What about having it in the "ports"? e.g. http://www.sm.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/misc/dnetc/

2003-02-02, 22:24	#9
lapo Oct 2002 5 Posts	Hey.. I'm still interested in this... if it's not possible to do a "clean" port using sources (or "most of them") I guess I'll have to prepaer a port using the pre-compiled binaries?

2003-02-04, 01:09	#10
ebx Aug 2002 101 Posts	It is not hard to make the port giving that the source is 'mostly' available. I guess what George meant was a freebsd version of prime95. FreeBSD 'port' defines a clean way of porting applications to FreeBSD. (Similar to source rpm in linux. Binary rpm is called package by FreeBSD which are pre-build ports). Basically, patch and file list and ftp sites and dependencies etc. are included in a port. A simple make install will get you going. By having the file list, it is easy to remove a prot. Upgrade later is easy too. Some ports are completely binary only. The port only does some configuration job. A good example is netscape - the source was never made available.