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Re: Source distribution
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Neal H. Walfield |
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Re: Source distribution |
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Date: |
23 Sep 2002 21:57:24 -0400 |
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> I believe the specific text about source distribution on the
> installation page is innacurate.
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> http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/install.html
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> "We distribute the Hurd sources only through CVS at present."
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> In addition to CVS archives, the sources for the Hurd are available via
> source debs. I believe something similar to the following would be
> apprpriate.
This is accurate when you consider that GNU and Debian and separate
entities: GNU only distributes the source via CVS; Debian has
downloaded the source and repackaged it. I understand that it can be
a bit confusing as the maintainer is the same, however, they are two
completely different jobs.