Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:51:46 +1000 From: Ian Pulsford <ijp@aanet.com.au> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting Source Code after Installing the Software Message-ID: <44988A12.1050102@aanet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <44mzccygvl.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <D2AA47A6FB2C1A48AF0526440C0F245C0713AD9B@monm207.nae.ds.army.mil> <44mzccygvl.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI" <Richard.Mayo@us.army.mil> > writes: > >> I installed FreeBSD on a couple of computers without installing any source code. Now (naturally), I want to get a hold of the kernel source so I can re-compile and enable support for PIM and Multicast Routing. >> >> However, I can't figure how to get the source off my CDs. I downloaded the ISO's for Disk 1 and Disk 2 of FreeBSD 6.1--RELEASE. >> Can anybody tell me where I can find the source code on these disks so I don't have to run a re-installation just to get it?? > > You can run sysinstall without doing an install. > If you really want to extract the source directly with tar, it's been > explained on this list a number of times over the years. > > Or get more up-to-date sources by cvsup, as someone else suggested. Or even better install the source from the CD then cvsup, save a lot of time and bandwidth :D
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