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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!nodecg.ncc.telecomwa.oz.au!netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au!orca1.vic.design.telecom.com.au!news.tansu.com.au!picasso.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au!newshost!chrisb From: chrisb@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au (Chris Bitmead) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0, 4.4BSD-Lite, and 4.4BSD Date: 13 Mar 95 12:37:24 Organization: Telecom Australia Lines: 32 Message-ID: <CHRISB.95Mar13123724@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> References: <95068.131339SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au In-reply-to: 's message of Thursday, 9 Mar 1995 13:13:39 PST In article <95068.131339SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> writes: >Hi there, > >Could someone answer those questions? > >FreeBSD 2.0 is based on 4.4BSD-Lite. Does FreeBSD 2.0 source code >distribution contain ALL the source code? > >Is 4.4BSD-Lite a complete unix operating system, or just a part >of 4.4BSD? > >I just purchased a copy of 4.4BSD-Lite CD-ROM Companion, with a >CD disk. It says it contains the source code for 4.4BSD-Lite, >but it does not include sources for the complete 4.4BSD system. >I am really confuesed by that statement. It sounds like 4.4BSD >is a complete unix operating system (we know that), but 4.4BSD-Lite >is not a complete unix operating system (I thought it was). Neither 4.4BSD nor 4.4BSD-Lite is a complete OS. Perhaps it might be complete on whatever platform was used to develop it, but certainly not for the 386. The Lite version has certain files removed which USL was claiming copyright to. This is not very important since they have been rewritten by the FreeBSD and NetBSD teams. FreeBSD should contain all the 4.4BSDLite code, although it might have been patched in the porting process. -- Chris Bitmead chrisb@ind.tansu.com.au