[OT-ish] Need a Binary for lang/sml-nj

[Joseph A. Nagy, Jr]

On 01/27/13 16:59, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:53:05 -0600, Joseph A. Nagy, Jr wrote:
>> On 01/27/13 16:49, Polytropon wrote:
>>> Did you have any success using the old-fashioned pkg_add method
>>> with the -f option, and using the FreeBSD 9-STABLE precompiled
>>> package (should work for 9.1-RELEASE too)?
>> <snip>
>>
>> No, because I have pkgng since I installed 9.1 release (first update I
>> did) back in December when the 9.1 image was available on the ftp
>> server. pkg_add is no longer a valid command.
>
> Okay, I didn't know that, as I'm still on an older system
> here, so I've not advanced enough to use the new pkg command
> on a daily basis. :-)
>
> I assume getting the sources for pkg_add from a 9.0 system
> and building it, then using it to forcedly install the
> available package is going to break something...

Probably.

> However, does any other available (S)ML implementation (nml,
> polyml, moscow_ml) fit your needs?
>
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I don't know. The course I signed up for (should have read and 
researched the requirements, I never though i386-only would be one for a 
compiler) seems to require SML/NJ. I could ask the professor, though, 
and will.

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