From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 7 17:33:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95F5216A41F for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 17:33:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd4mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33D1743D48 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 17:33:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd4mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.214]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IKV00GZT4NCMB10@l-daemon> for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:30:48 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml4so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.148]) by pd4mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IKV00JF34NCHY90@pd4mr3so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:30:48 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.0.60] (S0106006067227a4a.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.209.6]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IKV00F1T4NBJV@l-daemon> for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:30:48 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 10:30:47 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <20050807.112215.83519787.imp@bsdimp.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" Message-id: <42F64547.9010903@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <20050807.211240.75793221.hrs@allbsd.org> <20050807.100211.20316746.imp@bsdimp.com> <42F63113.5020600@freebsd.org> <20050807.112215.83519787.imp@bsdimp.com> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050724) Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/portsnap vs. /var/db/portsnap X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 17:33:21 -0000 M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <42F63113.5020600@freebsd.org> > Colin Percival writes: > : Huh? Isn't the ports tree BSD-licensed? > > I keep seeing snapshots and build. I still don't know if this > distributes sources or binaries. My concern was if it distributed > binaries. Portsnap distributes the ports tree. The word "build" in the context of portsnap refers to the process of taking the ports tree, generating "raw" describes files (from which INDEX files are later "cooked" at the client side), and squishing everything into the various-sized boxes which constitute the format in which portsnap distributes everything. Colin Percival