From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 27 03:24:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA07176 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 03:24:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles310.castles.com [208.214.167.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA07163 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 03:24:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA02164; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 03:21:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812271121.DAA02164@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: split scontrib, was Re: /usr/src/gnu sources In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:43:28 EST." <36862B70.2781E494@ics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 03:21:38 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > > > I couldn't find this in the FAQ or Handbook. What am I supposed to do > > > for the real sources? > > > > > > > No; if you're looking for where all the 'meat' is, see /usr/src/contrib; > > Eek. That's a shitload of stuff to download over my pitiful 28.8 line -- > just so I can look at binutils/ld sources. You don't track the repository? Go to ftp.freebsd.org and get the relevant subdirectories (it'll tar them up for you...) > May I suggest that the toolchain be split out of scontrib? That's still > not optimal because the gcc part of the toolchain is huge, but it'd be > better than being forced to get sources for things like awk, amd, bind, > and a whole slew of other things I'm (and perhaps other people are) not > interested in. (Might be the person who wants bind/named sources doesn't > want to be forced to get the gcc sources?) > > Perhaps stoolchgcc, stoolchmisc, and scontrib with everything that's not > in stoolchgcc and stoolchmisc? Breaking the directories doesn't make any sense; any method of fetching them already has better granularity (except perhaps CVSup). If you want smaller CVSup fragments, talk to John. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message