Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:13:40 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: "Shipley, Stephen T" <ShipleyST@aetna.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Older release availability Message-ID: <20000830141339.W18862@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <390A24E40625D311970E00508B08EAC9A2307B@jaxp-exch-012.aetna.com>; from ShipleyST@aetna.com on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 05:09:32PM -0400 References: <390A24E40625D311970E00508B08EAC9A2307B@jaxp-exch-012.aetna.com>
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* Shipley, Stephen T <ShipleyST@aetna.com> [000830 14:09] wrote: > Can you provide me with copies of previous system releases? In doing a > cursory check of the releases since 1.0, I didn't find the actual source > files from most of the ftp sites. > > What I'm getting at is this, If it were required to replicate an OS > environment level I was working on 1995 for some engineering project(some > exact FreeBSD release date for instance), could I rebuild that release I had > from your ftp sources or sites? In using the Concurrent Version System (CVS) > wouldn't I be destroying the engineering design of my own system by using > CVS? > > I would think the liabilities would be difficult to substantiate if a > business transaction or engineering design failed due to a fault? I'm just > interested in knowing how business continuation operates within the > framework of CVS. Uh, CVS allows one to check out older copies of the source tree based on date, 'tag' and specific file revisions. I don't see any problems with it, perhaps if you could tone down the message and get to your point I could answer your question. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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