Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 06:06:26 -0600 (CST) From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: end of 2.2-stable support and the future of ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901240558580.421-100000@nomad.dataplex.net> In-Reply-To: <199901240920.CAA24004@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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I don't believe that ANYONE can LEGALLY sell a CD set such as you describe. Although the ports can reference distfiles, the authors of a number of the packages do not allow their work to be copied and redistributed. These are the ones that are presently missing from the CD set. Unfortunately, they will "bit-rot". On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Chad R. Larson wrote: > It's the distfiles that is the issue here. If I "cvsup"ed the > /usr/ports tree, and then did a "make fetch" from the /usr/sup > directory, would that do the right thing? How much disk space would it > take? Would that give me something suitable for CD-ROM burning? > > What we'er trying for here is the definitive final 2.2 CD-ROM set, such > that any package that exists as a port will =guarenteed= build, > avoiding bit-rot for those of us that use FreeBSD in a production > environment. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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