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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD 2.2.2R install problem
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 01:27:16 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Robert Withrow wrote:
> 
> :- ... unfortunately, the 2nd CDROM has an empty /usr/src/ on it!
> 
> I wonder what the policy is on this.  It seems pretty random
> whether on not this is on the disk.  2.2.1 had it, 2.2.2 doesn't.
> I think 2.1.6 had it, but 2.1.7 didn't (I can't exactly remember
> now.)

It's not random so much as "do it if I can make it fit" for /usr/src and
the 2nd CD, and I couldn't make it fit on 2.1.7 and 2.2.2 (distfiles got
too large).

I'm going to 4 CDs in the future so this won't be a problem again.

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.