Re: bind8.2.3 - where is the correct place to download src?

From: Kris Kennaway (kris@obsecurity.org)
Date: 01/31/01 

Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:53:09 -0800
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: "Yuri A. Wolf" <subs@ovk.altai.ru>

On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 09:45:37AM +0600, Yuri A. Wolf wrote:

> i meant the place at ftp.freebsd.org where the port is. yesterday i
> downloaded the new port (with patches of course), but there was an error
> during patching (patch-ac). the sources were from ftp.isc.org, and i
> putted them into distfiles, so there wasn't mistake as i think...

www.freebsd.org/ports - fairly obvious location, eh? :)

> > > 2) if i have fresh src from ftp.isc.org (actually isrv4.pa.vix.com,
> > > right?) then can i compile it without using patches in port collection?
>
> > It works, but if you don't use the port then you can't uninstall it, etc.
>
> so, if i do that, i don't need pathches located in ports, right? or?

Patches in ports are typically used to work around inconsistencies
with the FreeBSD environment, to fix bugs and build errors. In this
case I don't think the patches do much functionally, you can check for
yourself.

Kris

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