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From: koreth@spud.Hyperion.COM (Steven Grimm)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: xcdplayer, is there a port for FreeBSD?
Date: 25 Nov 1993 19:17:51 -0800
Organization: Hyperion, Mountain View, CA, USA
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In <1993Nov25.172109.22473@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca (Todd Pfaff) writes:
>Someone else posted that Workman (an xview CD audio player) has been ported to
>BSD/386, and there are diffs on bsdi.com (for version 4.0.1beta).  Anybody know
>where I can get Workman version 4.0.1beta source, or a patched version that runs
>under FreeBSD?  I couldn't find v4.0.1 with archie.

I'm the author of WorkMan, so I should jump in here.  There may well be a
port to BSD/386, but I don't remember anyone sending me patches.

It's on ftp.hyperion.com.  Get /WorkMan/WorkMan-1.1.tar.gz.

The version numbers are a little screwy, completely my fault.  There is no
version 4.0.1beta.  There were a bunch of beta releases before 1.0; any
version number with "beta" in it predates the initial public release.  The
program compiles and runs on ULTRIX 4.2, SunOS 4.x, Solaris 2.x, Sony
NEWS-OS 6.0, HP/UX 8.07 and 9.0, and Linux, so I can't imagine it'd be
too difficult to port to BSD/386 again.  Usually only the file "hardware.c"
needs to be changed to port to a new platform.

If you do it, make sure you don't break any of the other platforms, and
send me build/install instructions and patches!  I'll gladly incorporate
them into the main source base so support for your platform will be
included in the next release.  (Actually, if you plan to do a port, let
me know ahead of time so I can keep you apprised of upcoming code changes.)

-Steve