Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:59:30 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Brett Wiggins <s0x7c0@netspace.net.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scontrib Message-ID: <4ad871310907190059n63357704lcaa48fa8d3088eea@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1247989942.6481.5.camel@synack-laptop> References: <1247986035.5271.5.camel@synack-laptop> <20090719090619.643dc1a5.freebsd@edvax.de> <1247989942.6481.5.camel@synack-laptop>
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On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 3:52 AM, Brett Wiggins<s0x7c0@netspace.net.au> wrote: > Hi, > >> >> Depending on what you want to do with "accessing the source code", >> it may be valid to say that you can leave out scontrib, but as >> far as I remember, it will be needed for building things from the >> source code (make vuildworld and buildkernel). > > I want to be able to read and compile the source. I have looked at > ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ > > but am unable to find an iso and am not sure how to make a iso or > install cd from what is provided. I have installed the system minus > scontrib and it boots ok. Would I be able to get the full source from > the ftp-archive, exctract it to my FreeBSD system and then re-build and > install the system? > Since it has booted fine, you can also obtain the source from the SVN tree[1], assuming you can get devel/subversion to build on such an old version. [1] - http://svn.freebsd.org/base/release/5.2.0/ -- Glen Barber
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