Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 14:18:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Morten Seeberg <morten@seeberg.dk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Downloading BSD Packages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904211417450.27954-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <005d01be8c10$daf4e340$16b4010a@msb.int.danadata.dk>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Morten Seeberg wrote: > Hi, when downloading BSD, I´ve always wondered: > > If I decide to download some packages, should I just > download the INDEX file and the all directory, and then Im home free > Or does it use the links? > What Im really asking for here is, how do I download the packages > most easily, and how should I put them on a CD? Well, the packages are just tarballs, so use ftp, I guess :) The categorizations don't matter too much, but if you want to take advantage of sysinstall's package browser you'll have to organize it like the ftp site. > If I download a set of packages from the snapshot today, will > there be any significient changes to the packages, in a snapshot > in say a month? Wount the packages stay the same basicly? The versions will probably be updated, but the existing packages won't change. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.03.9904211417450.27954-100000>