Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:54:24 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: g8kbvdave@googlemail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No System sources? Message-ID: <44k3f43zf3.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <20131216202107.cbe12fcf.freebsd@edvax.de> (Polytropon's message of "Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:21:07 %2B0100") References: <52AF4D2A.13679.1A7A5A9@g8kbvdave.gmail.com> <20131216202107.cbe12fcf.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: >> How do I get the system sources downloaded in a usable form, so I can >> enable pps support in the kernel and use that. Or, do I have to trash the >> system and start over(again?) > > You can easily use ftp to download the sources for -RELEASE > from ftp.freebsd.org (select architecture and version according > to what you have installed). It's a .txz compressed archive > which you can extract into /usr/src. > > You could also install svn (Subversion) and use that to > obtain the sources. This is what csup (CVS) has been used > in the past. Yet another choice: freebsd-update(8) can get sources. And there's probably no need to FTP the sources; if they're on the CD it no big deal to extract them from there by hand (no need for the install program).
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