MikeL's FreeBSD howto

MikeL's FreeBSD howto - emacs

This is basically a checklist of how to setup a new system to do networking stuff beyond the basic. The intent is not to cover everything in detail, merely to point you to each of the tasks that must be performed.

In the 4.2-RELEASE you'll find the ports collection is hosed.
Anything you try to build results in some "upgrade" error.
Visit my cvsup page for help fixing this.
emacs install is easy once the ports collection is fixed.
cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs20
make
su (and password)
make install
You may need to type rehash to get your shell to reread the dirs on the path so it will find the new emacs program.