Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:58:30 -0500 From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@ics.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: split scontrib, was Re: /usr/src/gnu sources Message-ID: <36863D06.794BDF32@ics.com> References: <199812271152.DAA02337@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > > 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. I see. No, I don't "track the repository," nor am I likely to. I keep my bandwidth consumption down by only ftp-ing the sources I need, when I need them, and by only running released versions of the OS. (If I wanted bleeding-edge pain, I'd develop for released versions of Linux.) -- Kaleb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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