Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 14:31:49 +0200 From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: Keith Jones <keith@blueberry.co.uk>, David Bigagli -Bokis- <davidb@caspur.it> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X for freebsd Message-ID: <19980619143149.A5952@cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <19980619111311.63221@blueberry.co.uk>; from Keith Jones on Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 11:13:11AM %2B0100 References: <19980619103908.01385@blueberry.co.uk> <Pine.OSF.3.95a.980619120140.533g-100000@xantia.caspur.it> <19980619111311.63221@blueberry.co.uk>
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On Fri, 19 Jun 1998 at 11:13 SAT, Keith Jones wrote: > > yeah, I have noticed that XFree86 doesn't appear to be on a lot of the > mirror sites. I don't know whether it's deliberate or an error. I _do_ > know that the XFree86 distribution is quite large, though, which may be > why a lot of mirror sites don't hold it. I have an alternative theory: If you look on ftp.freebsd.org, under /pub/FreeBSD/<version number>/, you'll note that the directory containing the XFree86 distribution is in fact a symlink to a directory which does _not_ fall under the /pub/FreeBSD tree. I think many mirror sites have simply got their mirroring software set up to mirror the /pub/FreeBSD tree, and therefore accidentally miss out on the X11 distribution. To compound the problem, it seems that the FreeBSD sysinstall (up to 2.2.6-R, at least) program silently ignores the fact that it can't find this distribution, leading users to _think_ that they've installed an X-enabled box when they, in fact, haven't. I've already complained to my closest mirror site about it - I suggest others do the same... -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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