As I have previously mentioned, only ports that can be built on x86_64
are eligible for dports. This eliminates i386-only ports in the FreeBSD
ports collection.
So there won't be any pre-built binaries, but if one is desperate for
some of these i386-only ports, there may be a way. I have ported
"portsnap" which can be used to quickly install FreeBSD ports at
/usr/ports. These FreeBSD ports use /usr/dports/Mk so it's possible to
build FreeBSD ports straight on DragonFly. Here's any example of how to
build i386 software from /usr/ports from source:
1) cd /usr/dports/ports-mgmt/portsnap
2) make install
3) rehash
4) portsnap fetch extract
5) cd /usr/ports/editors/e3
6) make install
7) rehash
8) e3
Not every port is going to work. Many ports that made it into dports
needed additional flags and/or patches, and the same may be true for the
i386 port you attempt. However, there's a good chance some of these
ports build without modifications.
Also, those interested in helping to get some ports into dports can copy
the directories from /usr/ports to /usr/dports in order to work on the
necessary patches to pass back to us.
John
