Re: Is the server portion of freebsd-update open source?

From: Colin Percival (cperciva_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 10/28/05

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    Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:03:13 -0700
To: Nielsen <nielsen@memberwebs.com>

    Nielsen wrote:
    > I need a system for distributing binary updates to a collection of
    > customized FreeBSD machines, jails, and embedded systems. freebsd-update
    > seems to be what I'm looking for, but I'm wondering if the server side
    > is a proprietary piece of technology held by someone somewhere, or if it
    > is in fact open source.

    The FreeBSD Update build code is... umm... somewhere in between. I think
    the best way to explain it is to say that I don't care about copyright on
    the build code, but the code is a stinking pile of hacks upon hacks with
    multiple known bugs -- so I don't particularly want to expose it to public
    scrutiny and I doubt that it will be very useful either.

    Rewriting the build code is approaching the top of my todo list, but isn't
    there quite yet; in the meantime, if you can send me more details about what
    you want to do I'll see if I can accommodate you.

    Colin Percival
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