Bug 50723 - astro/setiathome request: use linux version instead of native
Summary: astro/setiathome request: use linux version instead of native
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: Dirk Meyer
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Reported: 2003-04-08 14:40 UTC by Dan Naumov
Modified: 2003-06-01 06:50 UTC (History)
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Description Dan Naumov 2003-04-08 14:40:05 UTC 
I propose the replacement of the astro/setiathome port with the linux
version of the SETI client. There are many reasons for this:

1) It has been tested and proven that the Linux seti binary actually
runs faster than the FreeBSD binary, EVEN if you run the Linux binary
from within FreeBSD. If you don't believe me, try it for yourself.

2) Newer versions of the Linux client come out faster. The current
version of astro/setiathome is marked FORBIDDEN because there is a
security issue and the FreeBSD native binary hasn't been released yet.
The updated Linux version has been out since day one.

Fix: 

No fix yet, shall I make an astro/linux-setiathome port ?
Comment 1 Cyrille Lefevre 2003-04-08 22:57:38 UTC 
astro/linux-setiathome already exists since july 2002 !

see the following URL for detail :
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/astro/linux-setiathome/

PS : the linux port only exists for i686 arch and older archs such as i386
aren't supported until now.
PS bis : I'll submit a PR to update the astro/linux-setiathome port to 3.08.

Cyrille.
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Cyrille Lefevre                 mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net
Comment 2 Dirk Meyer freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-06-01 06:49:30 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

maintainer sumitted an update.
Comment 3 Dirk Meyer freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-06-01 06:49:30 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-ports-bugs->dinoex

I commited it.