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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Newbie...
To: matra@diemme.it (matra)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 13:37:50 +0100 (MEZ)
Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.970124224757.68C-100000@bridget.devlab.org> from "matra" at Jan 24, 97 11:03:13 pm
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E-mail message from matra contained:
> Hi!
> 
> After the thread i want to ask some questions . 

Again, this is my opinion, the core team may see things differently:

> 
> 1 - Suppose ,for example, i have FreeBSD-2.1.5 with ,for example, sendmail
>     version x.y.z . If i ftp from a.b.c the newest sendmail, unpack it
>     in /usr/src and compile it , have i FreeBSD-2.1.5 or "FreeBSD-matra"?

I'd call it FreeBSD-2.1.5 with the newest sendmail.  But if you were to
redistribute the product the matters would likely be different.

> 
> 2 - Why ports?
>     I have installed many programs (nvi,vile,diffutils,a prolog
>     compiler) from various srcs without problems !

Because they automate the process.

cd /usr/ports; make all install

and all ports will have been fetched, built and installed.

> 
> 3 - FreeBSD's libc is different from the linux libc; Where can i get 
>     the src for it ? Wat about libg++ ?Can anyone give me information
>     about diffs between linux-libc and freebsd-libc?

libc is in slib.?? chunks.  They make up a slib.tgz.  As for the diffs,
UTSL (i.e. Hell if I know).  Main diff is: BSD libc is unencumbered.

/Marino