Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 16:26:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: Ken Marsh <durang@u.washington.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to find Kermit distfile Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960803162403.15503D-100000@uplink.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960803122526.22553A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > > On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Ken Marsh wrote: > > > I'm trying to get the kermit port for FreeBSD. My CD-ROM doesn't have the > > distfile, cku190<extract suffix>, and I can't find it on the FTP sites. > > Furthermore, none of the sites listed in the Makefile will let me do > > anonymous ftp. > > If you copy the kermit directory on the cdrom to your hard drive with > > cp -R /cdrom/ports/comms/kermit /usr/ports/kermit > > and then type make in the kermit directory that has Makefile, the > ftp to Columbia University will succeed--at least it did for me. > > Also the first site in the Makefile does allow anonymous ftp. Use > > ftp> open kermit.columbia.edu > > Next type ftp (for user) and then your e-mail address as a password. > > Then cd to the appropriate directory. You might note that it wasn't left off the cdrom accidentally. Columbia has a restrictive copyright on it, and won't allow anyone else to distribute the sources, so it couldn't have been put on the cdrom, unfortunately. > > Annelise > > > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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