From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Apr 19 12:50:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0F8E37BD27 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:50:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id MAA09619; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:46:07 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda09617; Wed Apr 19 12:46:02 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id MAA06263; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:46:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdrG6258; Wed Apr 19 12:45:04 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.10.1/8.9.1) id e3JJj2h01691; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:45:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200004191945.e3JJj2h01691@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdyQ1684; Wed Apr 19 12:44:24 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: wc.bulte@chello.nl Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Christoph Sold , Erik Trulsson , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 18 Apr 2000 22:52:14 +0200." <20000418225214.A2004@yedi.wbnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:44:24 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20000418225214.A2004@yedi.wbnet>, Wilko Bulte writes: > On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 01:12:04PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > Anyhow, it would be _very_ nice if there could be some mechanism set up i > n > > > .../distfiles, which just symlinks to the right CD of the toolkit. This w > ay, > > > > I'm not sure there's any way to force the user to insert the right CD > > of a 6 CD toolkit for an arbitrary port. :) > > This must be a commie plot to sell more 6-disc CDchangers (which are > supported by FreeBSD just fine BTW) People, this has been discussed many times in the past. I have a relatively lengthy reply outlining how to manage using symlinks the last time this was discussed here. Search the mailing list archives to see how its done. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message