freebsd-ports/lang/mit-scheme/pkg-descr

FreeBSD port of MIT Scheme-7.3

This port has been put together out of the scheme runtime binaries
out of the linux.tar.gz distribution.  These binaries are identical
for any i386 running an operating system with a unix-like filesystem.
For this reason, a makefile for building the runtime, compiler, and
edwin binaries has not been included.  One patch is neccesary to 
build the runtime binaries due to a problem with one of the system math 
libraries (mail me if you want it).  Otherwise, this patch was not
included because building the entire system takes a VERY LONG TIME,
about as long as a 'make world' in /usr/src (no one said scheme was
fast).  

The distfile was put together from the linux distribution and the
microcode sources.  This was to avoid using the official MIT 
distfiles and having to download the linux compiled binaries
(the scheme and bchscheme binaries, statically linked, 2M each).  

To use the official distfiles, you must obtain the linux.tar.gz and
the src-microcode.tar.gz from ftp://ftp-swiss.ai.mit.edu/pub/scheme-7.3.
Unpack linux.tar.gz, and remove dist-7.3/bin/*.  Unpack src-microcode.tar.gz
and apply the patches from the port, now you can build the microcode.

Maintainer: jmacd@uclink.berkeley.edu
MIT Scheme-7.3 there's something a little weird about this port, I had to make a FreeBSD specific distfile, using two of the official distfiles. I included a description of what I had done, but it is much easier (and saves downloading about 3 megs) to use this distfile. So, how do I get the distfile I've made into the right place without faking it out by first putting a real site and then changing it to always use freebsd.cdrom.com? the distfile is in freefall.cdrom.com:~jmacd/scheme-microcode+dist-7.3-freebsd.tgz 1995-03-26 03:31:03 +00:00			`FreeBSD port of MIT Scheme-7.3`

			`This port has been put together out of the scheme runtime binaries`
			`out of the linux.tar.gz distribution. These binaries are identical`
			`for any i386 running an operating system with a unix-like filesystem.`
			`For this reason, a makefile for building the runtime, compiler, and`
			`edwin binaries has not been included. One patch is neccesary to`
			`build the runtime binaries due to a problem with one of the system math`
			`libraries (mail me if you want it). Otherwise, this patch was not`
			`included because building the entire system takes a VERY LONG TIME,`
			`about as long as a 'make world' in /usr/src (no one said scheme was`
			`fast).`

			`The distfile was put together from the linux distribution and the`
			`microcode sources. This was to avoid using the official MIT`
			`distfiles and having to download the linux compiled binaries`
			`(the scheme and bchscheme binaries, statically linked, 2M each).`

			`To use the official distfiles, you must obtain the linux.tar.gz and`
			`the src-microcode.tar.gz from ftp://ftp-swiss.ai.mit.edu/pub/scheme-7.3.`
			`Unpack linux.tar.gz, and remove dist-7.3/bin/*. Unpack src-microcode.tar.gz`
			`and apply the patches from the port, now you can build the microcode.`

			`Maintainer: jmacd@uclink.berkeley.edu`