Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:25:20 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Omer Faruk Sen <ofsen@enderunix.org> Cc: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Subject: Re: freebsd 5.3-release and some observations Message-ID: <20041117232520.GB80979@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20041117215616.53663.qmail@istanbul.enderunix.org> References: <200411171010.iAHAAfLa054210@lurza.secnetix.de> <Pine.LNX.4.60.0411180633250.29442@luna.rtfmconsult.com> <20041117215616.53663.qmail@istanbul.enderunix.org>
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On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:56:16PM +0200, Omer Faruk Sen wrote:
> It can be really very nice if we had a chance to download 2 dvd images
> (maybe not on ftp mirros but from bittorrent or sth else) so we can have
> all the packages required. Currently I think this is possible just for i386
> arch. But creating such 2 dvd images creates a problem. Which package will
> go to which DVD image? But I remember that there was a work done for
> FreeBSD 4.4 release. On 4.4 as you remember we could able to download 4
> FreeBSD CDs with all packages in it.
^^^
It's been many years since all the packages could fit on the 4-disc set.
> istanbul:/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386$ du -s -h packages-5.3-release/
> 14G packages-5.3-release/
>
>
> 14G requires more that 2 DVDs. But there are lots of language spesific
> packages whch can be removed right?
Yeah, but that's more work.
Kris
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