From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Jan 23 16:21:23 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA08551 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:21:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hun.org (hun.org [207.49.60.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA08544 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:21:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from attila@hun.org) Received: from localhost (attila@localhost) by hun.org (8.9.1/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA21274; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:21:00 GMT (envelope-from attila@hun.org) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:21:00 +0000 (GMT) From: attila Reply-To: attila@hun.org To: "Chad R. Larson" cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: end of 2.2-stable support and the future of ports In-Reply-To: <199901230912.CAA19363@freeway.dcfinc.com> Message-ID: Owner: attila@hun.org Organization: home for unpenitent hackers and anarcho-cryptophreaks Encrypted: NO MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Chad R. Larson wrote: >As I recall, attila wrote: >> >> why dont you purchase the 2.2.8 final distribution set from >> WC-CDROM --it has all that speak off according to the >> announcements that 2.2.8 was a frozen point in time and all >> changes were made to 3_0-RELEASE --> CURRENT? for the few >> changes added after the CD, pick up the diffs by using first >> the CD and then cvsup; the log files in /usr/local/etc/cvsup/sup/... >> will give you the delta list. > >Been there. My web and ftp server is at 2.1-STABLE (built from the >2.1.7 CD set). I bought several copies of 2.1.7, because I expected >to run it for some time. > >Unfortunately, not all the distfiles are on the CDs, and the last >time I went looking for one on the net, it was a long search. I >finally wound up back-porting something from the 2.2 tree. > >I now own two copies of the 2.2.8 set. But we've still the issue >about having every distfile for every port, when two years down the >road I want to build ... > > -crl well, if it's any help to you, I have, I think, the complete set of 2.2._ release disks as I have a subscription --even though I cvs, I support the team as Jordan requests. I may be missing one set from carelessness or 3 sons, whichever comes first, YMMV if you are stuck, let me know. attila out... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message