From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 19 18:25:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA03124 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 18:25:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA03119 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 18:25:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with ESMTP id SAA14004 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 18:25:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id RAA00371; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 17:29:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608200029.RAA00371@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Nate Williams cc: Don Yuniskis , freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: old sec dists? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Aug 1996 15:46:54 MDT." <199608192146.PAA17951@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 17:29:02 -0700 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Don Yuniskis writes: >> Greetings! >> >> > > > > ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/... should have the complete 1.1.5.1. >> > > > >> > > > 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. Actually, part of the agreement with USL was that we not distribute 1.1.5 on CDROM - just a net-only release. It wasn't a matter of timing, it was matter of USL wanting to limit the distribution. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project