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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Recompiling New Kernel
Date: 16 May 1996 12:13:30 GMT
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john spann <spannman@clark.net> wrote:
> I have just installed FreeBSD using the FTP option.
> I did not choose (unintentionally) to install the
> source code. I would like to recompile to kernel,
> but I do not have the source to do so. I have read
> the appropriate sections in the handbook but there
> are no specific steps listed about how to download
> the source code. Any help will be appreicated.
It's the .../dists/src/ssys.* files. It's a .tar.gz collection
relative to the /usr/src tree. So unpack them with
cd /usr/src
cat ${where_it_lives}/dists/src/ssys.* | tar -xvzf -
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)