From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 16 5:37:13 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 05:37:11 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from xena.gsicomp.on.ca (cr677933-a.ktchnr1.on.wave.home.com [24.43.230.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 453F937B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 05:37:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes (hermes.gsicomp.on.ca [192.168.0.18]) by xena.gsicomp.on.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA90363; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:35:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Message-ID: <002f01c06765$60a77940$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matthew Emmerton" To: "Francisco Reyes" Cc: References: <200012141526.KAA81405@sanson.reyes.somos.net> <2c1601c06754$52f3d840$847e03cb@apana.org.au> Subject: Re: where have all the ports & sysinstall packages gone ?? Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:37:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Perhaps the packages you are looking for are not on the first > > package CD. Did you check for the packages on the second package > > CD? > > I've only ever downloaded the single CD ISO image .... well thats not > totally correct because I did start with a 2 CD set back in 3.2 & a 4.2 > one a few weeks ago, but it had so many bugs I kept trying to download > the image .... first one got corrupted but second attempt was OK. FreeBSD is released as a 4-CD set, with CD #3 and #4 being filled with packages. Usually only the first CD is made available as an ISO and contains only the base OS. > > When you say "from source" are you refering to ports? Or directly from the > > program's original sources? > > from original sources ..... a few things have worked fine that way > (typically ones with a well commented makefile) but others (eg > mgetty & cyrus) have extremely terse docs & consequently are way > beyond my ability to comprehend. This is why the ports collection exists :) > What I need first & foremost is to find an explanation of how /what / CVS is > on about, how to configure it (ie ALL the necessary steps & not just the chapter > headings) !!!! http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cvsup.html -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message