Re: /usr/portsnap vs. /var/db/portsnap

From: Colin Percival (cperciva_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 08/07/05

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To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>

    M. Warner Losh wrote:
    > In message: <42F63113.5020600@freebsd.org>
    > Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> writes:
    > : Huh? Isn't the ports tree BSD-licensed?
    >
    > I keep seeing snapshots and build. I still don't know if this
    > distributes sources or binaries. My concern was if it distributed
    > binaries.

    Portsnap distributes the ports tree. The word "build" in the context
    of portsnap refers to the process of taking the ports tree, generating
    "raw" describes files (from which INDEX files are later "cooked" at
    the client side), and squishing everything into the various-sized boxes
    which constitute the format in which portsnap distributes everything.

    Colin Percival
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