From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 27 03:56:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA11684 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 03:56:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles310.castles.com [208.214.167.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA11643 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 03:55:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA02337; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 03:52:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812271152.DAA02337@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" cc: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: split scontrib, was Re: /usr/src/gnu sources In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:16:27 EST." <3686332A.446B9B3D@ics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 03:52:50 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I couldn't find this in the FAQ or Handbook. What am I supposed to do > > > > > for the real sources? > > > > > > > > > > > > > No; if you're looking for where all the 'meat' is, see /usr/src/contrib; > > > > > > Eek. That's a shitload of stuff to download over my pitiful 28.8 line -- > > > just so I can look at binutils/ld sources. > > > > You don't track the repository? > > I don't know what that means; and I've been using FreeBSD since > 386BSD-0.1. Typical source-observation procedure is to maintain a local copy of the CVS repository, these days using CVSup which keeps your bandwidth consumption way down. Then you just check out the bits that are relevant to whatever you're doing. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message