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Date:      Sat, 8 May 1999 22:13:31 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
To:        Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New Toolkit: which packages are 3.1?
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.4.10.9905082200040.24681-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
In-Reply-To: <3734F840.6624850B@thuntek.net>

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On Sat, 8 May 1999, Donald Wilde wrote:

#> The packages on disc1 are the "must have, can't wait til after
#> the first reboot" ELF packages for the 3.x and 4.x i386 snapshots.
# 
# Yes, I see it's a really minimal set. Not even EMACS, you grizzled old
# UNIXheads!!! <sorry, couldn't resist...>

Emacs is usually the first thing I install after I reboot for
the first time on a fresh install.  However, the packages that
are there were supposed to represent only those ports that you
_couldn't_ wait to install _after_ the first reboot.

# I went to the website, and saw nothing anywhere. I would suggest that --
# in fine old UNIX tradition -- we make the ERRATA listings a little more
# prominent in either the docs or support (or both) sections for each of
# the disk sets.

Did I just hear you volunteer? :-)

#> Discs [345] are exclusively for 2.2-STABLE, though some of the same
#> distfiles are required for 3.x and 4.x, and as it says you can use
#> a.out packages on the later releases if you have the a.out libraries
#> (compat22) installed.
#> 
# Gee, Brett Glass should be thrilled. All the latest 2.2 upgrades in one
# place...

Did we play into one of his memes? :-)

-steve



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