Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 02:00:38 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: francois laurand <francois.laurand@epita.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why XFree sources don't go in /usr/src ? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0003290200040.4860-100000@rac3.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <200003290849.IAA03063@hermes.epita.fr>
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They aren't essential to the OS... and they aren't maintained by the FreeBSD project.. they are maintained by the XFree86 project.. There are probably other reasons too ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best OS around. | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= On Wed, 29 Mar 100, francois laurand wrote: > Hi everibody, > I don't really understand why XFree sources are considered as a port. > Shouldn't they go inside /usr/src or /usr/src/contrib as others essential > components of the FreeBSD operating system ? > > Pierre-Francois LAURAND > lauran_r@epita.fr > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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