Path: news.cs.au.dk!news.net.uni-c.dk!uninett.no!news.algonet.se!algonet!news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!proxad.net!feeder2.proxad.net!nnrp5.proxad.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta Subject: Re: Beta for Linux on FreeBSD From: no_junkmail_for_dave@mrquiz.org (Dave Simons) References: <39F4B134.AC6ED19A@mrquiz.org> <8t6moe$5ij7g$1@gjallar.cs.au.dk> Organization: Mr.Quiz Message-ID: <8FDA9DA8Fdavemrquizorg@212.27.32.77> User-Agent: Xnews/03.04.11 Lines: 36 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:58:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.154.82.15 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net X-Trace: nnrp5.proxad.net 972651494 195.154.82.15 (Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:58:14 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:58:14 CEST Xref: news.cs.au.dk comp.lang.beta:12624 We've tracked down the source of the following rumour to corry@mjolner.dk (Erik Corry) on Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:21:05 GMT : >Hi Dave Simons, > >> Hello >> >> I'm very interested in what I've seen of Beta, so I tried >> the Linux version out on FreeBSD... ... >If you are feeling adventurous, you can compile >programs with 'beta -p'. >This will leave the job file in the directory >linux/progname..job, and you can have a look at the commands >BETA uses to try to link your program ... >You can edit them and then restart the job file (it is a >shell script) to see if there is any set of options that >works. > OK thanks, I'll give that a try and let you know. Cheers, Dave. -- OK, I've installed the free software. Now where's the free beer? To mail me swing an axe between underscore and dave.