Runtime: Building .NET Core 3.0 RTM on FreeBSD

Created on 2 Oct 2019 · 8Comments · Source: dotnet/runtime

I hope this is the right place to ask.

As .NET Core 3.0 matured to RTM are there any works to have an official distro for FreeBSD or at least building guidelines? Right now, top google result is Building .NET Core 3.x on FreeBSD guide by @wfurt, but it looks like it's not updated/working with .NET Core 3.0 RTM.

Thank you!

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FeodorFitsner

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I have updated my instructions here https://github.com/jasonpugsley/core-sdk/wiki/.Net-Core-3.0.0-for-FreeBSD

The SDK is now built on FreeBSD 11.

jasonpugsley on 19 Oct 2019

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it _may_ come but right now there is no good way. Watching https://github.com/dotnet/source-build/issues/1139 is probably best bet. Part of the problem is fact that you need older dotnet to build newdotnet and that is generally not available.

wfurt on 3 Oct 2019

Thanks, will be watching that issue. So, it's kind of chicken-egg problem there? What minimal preview version of .NET 3 SDK needed to build RTM?

FeodorFitsner on 3 Oct 2019

That is part of it. The other part is that it is not buildable as it is now and 3.0 release branches are locked. And there is currently no infrastructure to validate changes.
There is some hope but progress was slow recently.

wfurt on 3 Oct 2019

I seem to be blabbing this across multiple issues, but my build of 3.0.0 on FreeBSD 12 is here.
https://github.com/jasonpugsley/core-sdk/wiki/.Net-Core-3.0.0-for-FreeBSD-12
Ensure you use the DotNet3.0.0_BasePackages_FreeBSD.12.tar packages as described.
It should be equivalent or very close to RTM.

jasonpugsley on 15 Oct 2019

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@jasonpugsley Looks promising! I'm going to play with it on weekend to see if AppVeyor could be run on FreeBSD.

FeodorFitsner on 15 Oct 2019

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I have updated my instructions here https://github.com/jasonpugsley/core-sdk/wiki/.Net-Core-3.0.0-for-FreeBSD

The SDK is now built on FreeBSD 11.

jasonpugsley on 19 Oct 2019

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@jasonpugsley, is it possible for you to submit a port so that we can have packages for .NET core? That should make it easier for people who want to work on improving the git master to bootstrap everything.

davidchisnall on 31 Oct 2019

I have updated my instructions here https://github.com/jasonpugsley/core-sdk/wiki/.Net-Core-3.0.0-for-FreeBSD

The SDK is now built on FreeBSD 11.

Excited to try this when I have time, and can also contribute to submitting a port.
Just a small tip from browsing the wiki entry, you can add the 'python' to package which itself will add a symlink from bin/python to bin/python2.7