Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 18:40:13 -0600 From: dnelson@emsphone.com (Dan Nelson) To: dean@av8.com (Dean Anderson) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FTP site Message-ID: <Mutt.19970208184013.dan@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <v02130509af229cd5ffae@[198.3.138.121]>; from "Dean Anderson" on Feb 8, 1997 17:14:00 -0400 References: <v02130509af229cd5ffae@[198.3.138.121]>
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In the last episode (Feb 8), Dean Anderson said: > I wouldn't use it if you weren't falsely advertising to have software > you don't have. That's what "bit" me. > > Don't you think you are a bit unethical to claim to have a package > you don't really have? > > --Dean Are you claiming that the files in /pub/FreeBSD/distfiles are NOT the exact same files available from the original source? Because they are. You should be able to download any .tar.gz from that directory, and it will contain the exact same files as are available from that file's distribution source. I use the FreeBSD distfiles directory as a one-stop shop when I'm looking for something for the other Linux and SCO systems I maintain. If I can't find what I need there, then I do a web search to find the official dist. site. Every package we 'claim' to have really is in the /distfiles directory (barring export or licensing issues). /Distfiles doesn't claim to fully mirror remote distribution sites, but it does contain the minimum file(s) needed to compile particular programs for Unix OS's. The /ports tree contains patches, if needed, to make compiles smoother on FreeBSD. -Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com
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