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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: src to packages?
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 19:30:19 -0700
Organization: Andreas Klemm, 41469 Neuss, Germany
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smith wrote:
> 
>   Where can I obtain the source code to the FreeBSD packages?  I've
>   checked ftp.freebsd.org and can't find them.  The *.tgz packages
>   contain the binaries only, no src code.

Lots of places, depending on the package. For example, I get the full 
Apache source code from http://www.apache.org/ so I can compile it with 
dbm support. You'll have to search out the actual source for whatever 
software you're looking for.
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Ken

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