From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 09:05:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E01CA16A4BF for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:05:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web86004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (web86004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.12.12.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 443D444011 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:05:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk) Message-ID: <20030923160459.79041.qmail@web86004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Received: from [147.60.1.194] by web86004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:04:59 BST Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:04:59 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Tadimeti=20Keshav?= To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <20030923045948.GA50083@rot13.obsecurity.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports on a CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:05:02 -0000 --- Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:59:30AM +0100, Tadimeti > Keshav wrote: > > Guys, > > Is it possible to get all of the ports on a CD > set? > > This is one area where Linux fares better. Debian > > offers a 7 CD (OK they don'y make ISOs) set that > > contains all packages. > > What are you really asking here? First you ask for > ports (but the > ports collection is on CD1), then you say debian > includes packages on > their CDs (so does FreeBSD). > Well, remember that the ports collection is nothing but the skeleton that can connect to the internet and fetch the source files that you can compile. What I was asking for is the facility to have all the sources of all the ports on the CD. (SO you needn't connect to the internet to build your machine). > > I think the FreeBSD distribution would be better > off > > having all ports on the 2 additional CDs rather > than > > have packages. > > Now you say "ports rather than packages", when both > are shipped. > > Can you please clarify what you are asking? > > Kris Debian ships all DEB packages on the CDs. FreeBSD only bundles some packages. For example, JDK is a port while vim is a package. Would it not be better to cut down on several packages of large size and ship the CD with the sources needed to compile JDK etc. Hope U get the point. ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk