From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 27 04:34:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA18178 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 04:34:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ics.com (ics.com [140.186.40.192]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA18172 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 04:34:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kaleb@ics.com) Received: from kaleb.keithley.belmont.ma.us (pmdialin3.ics.com [140.186.40.177]) by ics.com (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) with ESMTP id HAA26275; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:34:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from kaleb.keithley.belmont.ma.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kaleb.keithley.belmont.ma.us (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id IAA10666; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:59:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from kaleb@ics.com) Message-ID: <36863D06.794BDF32@ics.com> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:58:30 -0500 From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" Organization: Integrated Computer Solutions X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: split scontrib, was Re: /usr/src/gnu sources References: <199812271152.DAA02337@dingo.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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