From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 4 04:34:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA10832 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 4 May 1998 04:34:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news.IAEhv.nl (root@news.IAEhv.nl [194.151.64.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id EAA10821 for ; Mon, 4 May 1998 04:34:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@bowtie.nl) Received: from LOCAL (uucp@localhost) by news.IAEhv.nl (8.6.13/1.63) with IAEhv.nl; pid 11139 on Mon, 4 May 1998 11:34:09 GMT; id LAA11139 efrom: marc@bowtie.nl; eto: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nietzsche.intra.bowtie.nl (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA14828 for ; Mon, 4 May 1998 13:32:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@bowtie.nl) Message-Id: <199805041132.NAA14828@nietzsche.intra.bowtie.nl> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3D "blender" package from NeoGeo now released. In-reply-to: jkh's message of Mon, 04 May 1998 03:35:16 -0700. <4574.894278116@time.cdrom.com> Reply-to: marc@bowtie.nl Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 13:32:12 +0200 From: Marc van Kempen Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > Their web page BTW, has the URL wrong. It points to the non-existant dir: > > > /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.x-stuff > > > > > > > I don't believe you guys, when I tested it, it existed it must have > > been removed, but why doesn't anyone tell us! Don't you want other > > FreeBSD'ers to download it? > > Sorry, I didn't even know that somebody was referencing it incorrectly I didn't mean to refer to you or whomever maintains the directory structure for FreeBSD, but to the guys that tried to download blender and found the link broken! > through the 2.2.x-stuff link. The correct and canonical way to > reference commercial stuff (if you check my past postings on the > subject) has always been to point at it through the > 2.2.x-RELEASE/commerce path, exactly as I deliberately and > specifically announced it in my own posting, since that could be a > symlink or a real directory depending on how it and the other "extra > bits" (like xperimnt) are arranged on the FTP site. Please change the > link and, as a general rule, don't ever point to anything that's not > specifically mentioned in the top level index.html file under > pub/FreeBSD since you're likely doing the wrong thing in pointing at > some purely administrative directory when you should be following a > symlink. > I stand corrected. > BTW, while I have your ear, I think it's time to relink blender with a > later JPEG library. It doesn't change that often these days, but it > seems to have taken a recent bump to 8.0. :( > Is it so for FreeBSD 2.2.6? That's the platform that we're targetting. Marc. ---------------------------------------------------- Marc van Kempen BowTie Technology Email: marc@bowtie.nl WWW & Databases tel. +31 40 2 43 20 65 fax. +31 40 2 44 21 86 http://www.bowtie.nl ---------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message