Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:26:20 -0800 (PST) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se> To: wayneclubin@yahoo.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About the sources Message-ID: <200112201626.fBKGQKj12450@mikko.rsa.com> References: <20011220072417.19641.qmail@web14704.mail.yahoo.com>
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In local.freebsd.questions you write: >Do tarballs exist of the source trees? If not then why >not? I think it would be convenient to be able to ftp >a tarball of the source tree of say 4.4_release, >unroll it and compile it. The same for stable and The distribution files *are* tarballs, albeit chopped up into floppy-sized pieces. Go to $ftpmirror:/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.4-RELEASE/src and have a look at "install.sh". >current maybe, but for sure it would be convenient for >the release versions. This way the person does not >have to fuss with cvs and cvsup config files etc >etc.... Cvsup is dead simple, and an incredibly easy way to keep your source tree up to date. This way the person does not have to fuss with ftp, tarballs, temporary storage etc etc ... :-) $.02, /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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