Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:47:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Wayne Lubin <wayneclubin@yahoo.com> To: Drew Raines <drew-dated-1035833311.0139f1@rain3s.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where are the 4.7 release sources? Message-ID: <20021023194758.81637.qmail@web14701.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20021023192829.GU21254@sproul.rain3s.net>
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--- Drew Raines <drew-dated-1035833311.0139f1@rain3s.net> wrote: > Wayne Lubin wrote: > > Drew Raines wrote: > > > Wayne Lubin wrote: > > > > > > > > I am not quite sure I understand. If this is > the ftp > > > > server that holds the 4.7 release sources, > then why is it > > > > in a folder called 4.0-stable ? > > > > > > Mailing lists are *not* the first place to go > for help. > > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/ > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html > > > > I have already been to the references that you > point out and > > they are not helpful. And BTW why is it that you > assumed that > > I had not been to them? > > Because you asked a question that the above > documents clearly > address. If you don't understand the documentation, > then ask a > question concerning the documentation. > > > Let me restate what it is I am looking for. I am > looking for > > the ftp site that has the 4.7 release sourses much > like > > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ > > > > has the sources for current. > > I'd venture to guess it doesn't exist, most likely > because cvsup > obviates the need for it. However, you discredited > that (superior) > solution with your original question. > > > I know this seems like simplistic and newbie in > nature type > > of question, but it is beginning to turn out to be > far from > > it. > > What makes you think so? > > > As of yet neither I nor anyone else has seem to > point me into a > > definitive direction in this matter. > > No response usually means you asked a poor question. > > -Drew > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message If cvsup is so superior to ftp, then why do both current and stable exist in both cvsup and ftp form? And whatever the reason for providing current and stable in both cvsup and ftp form, why doesn't 4.7 release exist in both forms for the same reasons? Wayne __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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