Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:55:39 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: dgy@rtd.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: old sec dists? Message-ID: <199608192155.OAA09401@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <199608192146.PAA17951@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Aug 19, 96 03:46:54 pm
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> > > > > Sorry, I'm looking for the *CDROMs* -- I already have 1.1.5.1R but > > > > > not in CD format... :> > > > > therewas no 1.1.5.1 CD.. > > > > That wouldn't have been a problem... I was just (apparently) > > under the wrong impression wrt the existence of 1.1.5.1R on > > plastic. And, the 1.1.5.1R copy I have (on floppy) I must have > > built from 1.1 and this "patch kit" -- though I have no record > > in my journals of ever doing this... :-( > > There was a 1.1.5.1 release on floppies, but it was released too quickly > before the BSD lawsuit 'resolution' deadline took into effect, so WC > wasn't able to cut a CD and distribute it before its agreement to cease > distribution of the Net/2 code would have run out. However, the FreeBSD > project made a net-only distribution that you probably snarfed. Ahhh... that makes sense. Of course, if I had had the 1.1 CD at the time, I *might* have been smart enough to just grab the "patches" and saved myself all that *trouble*! <:-) --don
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