From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 25 18:46:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA07282 for current-outgoing; Tue, 25 Mar 1997 18:46:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from nexgen.hiwaay.net (max20-69.HiWAAY.net [208.147.153.69]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA07257 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 1997 18:46:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from nexgen (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nexgen.hiwaay.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA25308; Tue, 25 Mar 1997 20:45:34 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199703260245.UAA25308@nexgen.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Richard Wackerbarth cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: CVS repository pushed off the FreeBSD CD distribution... In-reply-to: Message from Richard Wackerbarth of "Tue, 25 Mar 1997 20:23:13 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 20:45:33 -0600 Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk rkw@Dataplex.Net said: > As the new "de facto" CTM-meister, let me comment. [snip] > 3) In recognition of the multiple possibilities for an original source, > I have changed the suffix designation to be a bit more descriptive. > For example, I use 100xEmpty.gz rather than 100A.gz to represent the > 30Meg initialization starting from an empty src directory. ...which brings up another question. I've occasionally wondered how to generate one of these myself, wanting to roll my accumulated CTM's into an *Empty* or *A*. Finally settled on exploding my CTM's into a brand new directory, then tar'ing that and deleting the accumulated CTM's. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.