From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 19 5:12:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.30.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04FE937BCE3 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 05:12:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de) Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA04222; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:12:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kuku) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:12:15 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies To: Christoph Sold Cc: Christoph Kukulies , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0 RELEASE - why inof@clausthal? Message-ID: <20000619141215.A4202@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <200006191112.NAA01362@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <394E0C8D.4DCBB3EC@i-clue.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <394E0C8D.4DCBB3EC@i-clue.de>; from so@server.i-clue.de on Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 02:05:34PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 02:05:34PM +0200, Christoph Sold wrote: > > > Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > > I installed 4.0-RELEASE as an upgrade (to a 3.4 system). > > > > Why are the files stamped Mar 22 instead Mar 20 as the release > > is on ftp.freebsd.org and why does the booted > > kernel identify as built by info@clausthal.de (or something)? > > Because you bought the distribution created by J.F.Lehmanns, not from > Walnut Creek. Nah. I didn't buy anything :-) Actually I don't like it not getting the original from something that is called 'mirror'. And I believe to recall that I downloaded the floppies from ftp.freebsd.org (not sure though). > > > I'm a bit concerned about security these days. > > Mee, too. OTOH, you can always compare the source code on your CDs > against the repository on www.freebsd.org. Anyhow, the Lehmans > distribution works flawlessly here--even aver a CVSup, which should > throw out any backdoor left by a malicious German programmer like me. > > HTH > -Christoph Sold -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message