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Date:      Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:24:51 -0500
From:      "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net>
To:        "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: where have all the ports & sysinstall packages gone ??
Message-ID:  <200012162334.SAA90841@sanson.reyes.somos.net>
In-Reply-To: <001301c067a6$e9d5aa20$847e03cb@apana.org.au>

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On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 07:26:48 +1000, Doug Young wrote:

>Is the main reason for CVS simply to "fix" bugs in the ports that have been
>changed for some reason ??

CVSup is a way to keep something under version control. The
reason for changes can be both fixes and enhancements (i.e. a
new version of the program)

>If so, what happens with sysinstall packages on a
>CD that people have downloaded / purchased / whatever

They are the older versions. For many packages this is a
non-issue. I commonly just like to get the latest so rarely ever
look at the CDs anymore.


francisco
Moderator of the Corporate BSD list
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