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Date:      Tue, 19 May 1998 14:06:29 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        jer@jorsm.com (Jeremy Shaffner)
Cc:        xnet@sprintmail.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: updating......
Message-ID:  <199805191906.OAA20854@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980519111458.27171D-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> from Jeremy Shaffner at "May 19, 98 11:20:00 am"

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Jeremy Shaffner said:
> 
> Just wanted to clarify for Brenda's sake:
> 
> FreeBSD includes full source code on everything.
> 
> You can modify the the kernel source as you see fit, and compile it and
> install it.  Or you can keep current by downloading the source from
> freebsd.org as Julian said and do the same.  You don't just download a
> a kernel (the binary file) and install it.
> 
I didn't know that they had pre-built kernels available.  You can
download the sources for daily (almost) snapshots from
current.freebsd.org.  This is either available for -current or -stable.
(The current.freebsd.org server has a bunch of versions available.)

-- 
John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@freebsd.org     | it just makes you look stupid,
jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.

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