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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 15:58:51 +0100
From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
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Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II wrote:
> 
> Hi.  How coould I view source code to attempt to fix
> bugs as well as port software etc...
> 
> john

Hi,

You need to be more specific... If the source code is going to make any
sense to you as well, your going to have to be reasnably fluent in 'C' as a
language, as most the unix utilities / applications are written in 'c'.

Your also going to need to know how to use some of the unix editors such as
'vi' or emacs...

Sourcecode normally ships with most programs, including FreeBSD itself - if
you want to find the source for FreeBSD look in your '/usr/src' directory
(if you installed the sources when you installed FreeBSD).

If the directory is empty you will need to re-run systinstall and tell it to
install some of the source distributions...

Regards,

Karl Pielorz

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