From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Dec 5 17:42:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA03366 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 17:42:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA03358 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 17:42:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fdocs@jraynard.demon.co.uk) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by post.mail.demon.net id aa2000834; 6 Dec 97 1:31 GMT Received: (from fdocs@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.7) id WAA06196; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 22:58:48 GMT (envelope-from fdocs) Message-ID: <19971205225847.48258@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 22:58:47 +0000 From: James Raynard To: Mark Mayo Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook correction References: <19971203203036.47127@vmunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <19971203203036.47127@vmunix.com>; from Mark Mayo on Wed, Dec 03, 1997 at 08:30:36PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Dec 03, 1997 at 08:30:36PM -0500, Mark Mayo wrote: > Hi, in the handbook section 4.3.2 - Compiling Ports from the > Internet - it mentions using ftp.freebsd.org's on-the-fly > tarballing. Good, but it says to get databases.tar.gz - isn't > gzipping of the directory's tarball now turned off on ftp.freebsd.org > (due to load considerations)?? If so, then the .gz should be dropped > from the example perhaps? You're absolutely right. I've been meaning to do this for weeks and I'll be committing an updated version of this shortly. -- In theory, theory is better than practice. In practice, it isn't. James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland. http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/