Subject: Re: Obtaining NetBSD
To: Michael Ritzert <mjr@turbo.su.shuttle.de>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/29/1999 19:14:42
I think Bob Nestor may produce pkgsrc CDs somewhere in his
range :)
http://www.netbsd.org/Sites/cdroms.html#bob_nestor
Bob - if you're willing to cut CDs with pkgsrc snapshots
including distfiles that would probably be worth adding to the
Sites/cdroms.html page... :)
David/absolute
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Michael Ritzert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i do not belong to the people having the priviledge of a fast and
> cheap access to the internet (any more).
>
> In order to upgade my 1.3.2/sparc box to 1.4.1 i bought the CD set
> published by Lehmann's book shop.
>
> This CD contains the basic official netbsd distribution but
> unfortunately no additional packages, neither precompiled nor as
> source.
>
> So i can't upgrade all the additional stuff i've installed under
> 1.3.2, and --- worse --- run into severe version conflicts between old
> and new libraries if i download single packages to upgrade at least
> what's most important to me, e.g., windowmaker from 0.20.3 to 0.6.1.
>
> I'd like to know if it is possible here in germany to buy a CD with a
> collection of
>
> - precompiled packages for 1.4, 1.4K, 1.4.1 as presently
> contained on the ftp.netbsd.org
> - same packages as source
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Michael
>