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Date:      Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:59:48 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Tadimeti Keshav <keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports on a CD
Message-ID:  <20030923045948.GA50083@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030922235930.95365.qmail@web86001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References:  <20030922235930.95365.qmail@web86001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

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On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:59:30AM +0100, Tadimeti Keshav wrote:
> Guys,
> Is it possible to get all of the ports on a CD set?
> This is one area where Linux fares better. Debian
> offers a 7 CD (OK they don'y make ISOs) set that
> contains all packages. 

What are you really asking here?  First you ask for ports (but the
ports collection is on CD1), then you say debian includes packages on
their CDs (so does FreeBSD).

> I think the FreeBSD distribution would be better off
> having all ports on the 2 additional CDs rather than
> have packages.

Now you say "ports rather than packages", when both are shipped.

Can you please clarify what you are asking?

Kris
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