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Date:      Tue, 19 Dec 1995 14:24:46 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Ruiyuan_Jiang/Advantage_KBS_at_LotusXchg@njcorp.akbs.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /pub/FreeBSD/distfiles under ftp.freebsd.org
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951219142352.217A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9511188193.AA819336955@njcorp.akbs.com>

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On Mon, 18 Dec 1995 Ruiyuan_Jiang/Advantage_KBS_at_LotusXchg@njcorp.akbs.com wrote:

>   I went to ftp.freebsd.org/pub/distfiles directory. I saw a lot of files
>   there but there is no README file to explain what those files for. Can
>   you tell me what those files for? 

They are the original archives for the programs used in the ports 
distribution.  You should not need them, the port will ftp them 
automatically.

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




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