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On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Dean Anderson wrote:

> Is it too much to ask to have a normal ftp site, with the source
> distributions organized by category, with the original source tar file
> and a patch file for BSD? 

FreeBSD doesn't have patchfiles.  We have releases.  Each release is
clearly labelled in the /pub/FreeBSD directory on ftp.freebsd.org.

> I found the source files in distributions, but I'm not sure if they
> contain the BSD patches or not.  Not to mention the annoyance factor of
> having a single directory with 700 files. 

I guess I don't know what you're talking about.  Could you please explain
which FTP site you're accessing and what you're looking for?  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major