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Date:      Thu, 29 May 2003 09:17:21 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: policy on GPL'd drivers?
Message-ID:  <200305290917.21863.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20030528.031114.56977314.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Wed, 28 May 2003 18:41, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : > the machine that built it, and not potentially somewhere else? What
> : > about sysinstall upgrades that don't require src?
> :
> : Well, I am not 100% sure how the module building process works, but some
> : analog of how it happens for things in sys/modules would be nice..
>
> That is what is happening for the ports (or was last time I looked).

In general yes, the ports are written like that, but I think rebuilding it 
directly from installed sources makes more sense.

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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
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