Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:10:44 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Current way of downloading sources Message-ID: <CAGwOe2ZCzPKspBLJ0z2GgzQyS7C=g56E_cO_zcgrHTgq%2BN9zGA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120221223323.a3ccc492.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAGwOe2YJyqZ5GYtC2ub9ruMsS==e7r2HNs2ccc0zDvgQYZfB3g@mail.gmail.com> <20120221223323.a3ccc492.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:18:41 +0100, Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Before 9.0 I used to use sysinstall to download sources for several > > distributions including kernel and libraries. However, this doesn't see= m > to > > work anymore. Whatever source distribution I try to download I get the > > error that it doesn't exist in the server. > > > > The handbook[1] still says sysinstall can be used to do the job. Is it > > right? If so, what could be my mistake. > > The easiest way to get the RELEASE sources is to download > them using FTP: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/src.txz > > (and for amd64 architecture respectively) > > Leaving the discussion "old vs. new installer" aside, this > method should always work. > Thanks for the URL. Should I file a PR about the handbook issue? > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >
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