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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!news From: csdayton+usenet@midway.uchicago.edu (Soren Dayton) Subject: What is meant by `port' (Was Re: Modem program for FreeBSD needed) In-Reply-To: obrien@nob.ucdavis.edu's message of 2 Feb 1996 11:16:53 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: woodlawn.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <xcdivhmwfvi.fsf_-_@woodlawn.uchicago.edu> Lines: 18 Sender: csdayton@woodlawn.uchicago.edu Organization: uchi.comp.unix viper cabal X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 References: <4elddo$ee8@cdc2.cdc.net> <4esrr5$79b@mark.ucdavis.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 04:33:37 GMT Our friend, obrien@nob.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien), wrote: > kurt@vianet.on.ca wrote: > : > : Linux experience tells me there must be a FreeBSD equivalent to 'MiniCom' > : which comes with Linux slackware... > > There is a port of the latest Minicom (version 1.74) as > ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/minicom*1.74* I am not sure how to take this statement. minicom is not that exciting a compile. In fact, you can do a make install. (i got it off of sunsite!) What do people mean by port when they use it? This seems to be some strange FreeBSD thing that I do not understand... Soren