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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:13818 comp.bugs.2bsd:480 comp.bugs.4bsd:2028 comp.unix.internals:7135 comp.unix.misc:12151 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.bugs.2bsd,comp.bugs.4bsd,alt.suit.att-bsdi,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!trane.uninett.no!alf.uib.no!newsroom.bsc.no!md From: md@bsc.no (Mark Dapoz) Subject: Re: The 4.4BSD-Lite distribution announcement Message-ID: <1994Apr28.081937.22945@newsroom.bsc.no> Sender: usenet@newsroom.bsc.no (Usenet News Administrator) Organization: Bergen Scientific Centre, Bergen, NORWAY References: <2p9esl$lam@agate.berkeley.edu> <1994Apr27.074929.1863@newsroom.bsc.no> <VIXIE.94Apr27133921@office.home.vix.com> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 08:19:37 GMT Lines: 20 In article <VIXIE.94Apr27133921@office.home.vix.com> vixie@vix.com (Paul A Vixie) writes: >I've heard nothing from UCB indicating that they intended to publish diffs >for 4.4->4.4lite. Since such diffs would consist mainly of removing files >or large chunks of files, and since such removal could be reversed using >"patch -R", someone with 4.4-lite could generate a fairly complete 4.4ish >system without actually possessing the relevant USL/Novell licenses. Thus >I suspect that noone in their right mind holding a 4.4 tape would publish >diffs. I was thinking more of a private distribution only to current license holders. UCB should have a list of who 4.4 was distributed to so it should be easy to identify who should have these patches. If this can't be done, then the question still remains, how do people with the original 4.4 distribution get upgraded to the current level? -- Mark Dapoz Bergen Scientific Centre, Bergen, NORWAY md@bsc.no Finger and toes, finger and toes, forty things we share, forty one if you include the fact that we don't care. - The Tragically Hip