Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 22:58:47 +0000 From: James Raynard <fdocs@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook correction Message-ID: <19971205225847.48258@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19971203203036.47127@vmunix.com>; from Mark Mayo on Wed, Dec 03, 1997 at 08:30:36PM -0500 References: <19971203203036.47127@vmunix.com>
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On Wed, Dec 03, 1997 at 08:30:36PM -0500, Mark Mayo wrote: > Hi, in the handbook section 4.3.2 - Compiling Ports from the > Internet - it mentions using ftp.freebsd.org's on-the-fly > tarballing. Good, but it says to get databases.tar.gz - isn't > gzipping of the directory's tarball now turned off on ftp.freebsd.org > (due to load considerations)?? If so, then the .gz should be dropped > from the example perhaps? You're absolutely right. I've been meaning to do this for weeks and I'll be committing an updated version of this shortly. -- In theory, theory is better than practice. In practice, it isn't. James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland. http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/
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