From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 19 14:55:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA20973 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:55:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from seagull.rtd.com (root@seagull.rtd.com [198.102.68.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA20968 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:55:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dgy@localhost) by seagull.rtd.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA09401; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:55:40 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis Message-Id: <199608192155.OAA09401@seagull.rtd.com> Subject: Re: old sec dists? To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:55:39 -0700 (MST) Cc: dgy@rtd.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199608192146.PAA17951@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Aug 19, 96 03:46:54 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > > > 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