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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Where can I pick up the FAQ from?
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In article <1993Jan23.232356.11328@delos.stgt.sub.org> migieger@delos.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich) writes:
>Hi,
>
>>You might find the FAQ and BUGLIST (really an FAQ) on agate:
>>anon ftp agate.berkeley.edu; ~/pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/unofficial/{*FAQ,*BUGLIST}
>
>I wonder what could be the reason to keep the FAQ and the BUGLIST
>(and BTW, the patch-kit) "hidden" on agate.berkeley.edu; this
>forces many people without access to ftp-connections asking the
>same questions again and again...
>
>Any hints?
1) It's out of date (I know, I wrote it; it's definitely out of date
since the first patchkit release).
2) It's going to be more out of date with the 0.2 patchkit release.
3) It's going to be hopelessly out of date for the 0.2 386BSD release,
and will probably have to be restarted.
4) It's too large to fit through the 20k restrictors on non-network
uucp connections for thing like uucp-based netnews -- thus it
would never make it unless split up (something I'm doing as part
of reorganizing it, but I'm having a hard time keeping up with
the changes well enough to do a release).
5) It's mirrored a lot of places, including to those with FTP mail
servers (like ftp.uu.net and wuarchive.wust.edu)... so it's not
really "hidden" anyway.
6) The Jolitz's didn't produce the FAQ, BUGLIST, or patchkit; therefore
they are unofficial; they go under the "unofficial" directory in
the 386BSD heirarchy.
7) Finally, you may have noticed that the 0.1 release of 386BSD
requires access to a mirrored source tree to get anyway; even if
done by mail archive server, this gives you access to the
"unofficial" portion of the heirarchy.
I don't know what the position on mail-servers is on ref or agate, but I
*know* I can't run one here (WSU) or at work (Novell) to spend all day
sending FAQ's out. Sorry.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
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