From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 14 17:13:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA13346 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 17:13:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA13339 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 17:13:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id JAA16765; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 09:43:13 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970915094313.54639@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 09:43:13 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Malcolm Boff Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: SCCS (and digest) References: <199709141031_MC2-205E-6BA6@compuserve.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <199709141031_MC2-205E-6BA6@compuserve.com>; from Malcolm Boff on Sun, Sep 14, 1997 at 10:31:28AM -0400 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, Sep 14, 1997 at 10:31:28AM -0400, Malcolm Boff wrote: > While not new to FreeBSD I havent joined any of the lists before so > please bear with me if I ask something that has already been > answered. > > My client uses SCCS for version control and this does not appear on > the list of ports on my CD. a) has it been ported if so how do I > obtain it b) if it hasnt does anyone know how and where I can obtain > the source(s) from ? SCCS is proprietary, which is why it can't be put in the ports collection. In addition, it's very inferior to RCS, though it's unlikely that this will convince your customer to change. You might like to snoop round AT&T's sites. I seem to recall that they will license software like this. Sorry I don't have a URL. Greg