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From: vixie@vix.com (Paul A Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.bugs.2bsd,comp.bugs.4bsd,alt.suit.att-bsdi,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: The 4.4BSD-Lite distribution announcement
Date: 28 Apr 94 13:18:31
Organization: Vixie Enterprises
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In-reply-to: md@bsc.no's message of Thu, 28 Apr 1994 12:38:54 GMT

>That would be fine, but as someone else said, applying the 4.4-lite code on
>top of your original 4.4 code doesn't give you a current full 4.4 source
>tree.  I would expect that certain files that are not in the 4.4-lite
>distribution have been updated since the first 4.4 shipment.  So, how
>do valid license holders get those changes files?  It can't be via
>4.4-lite!

I think that's UCB's expectation.  I'm sure that someone who gets both tapes
will make minimal diffs available at some point... But in general you should
get 4.4-Lite and move the (few) files and functions over from 4.4 that you'll
need.
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Paul Vixie
Redwood City, CA
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