Subject: Re: what does 'dist' means ?
To: Samuel Hornus <Samuel.Hornus@crans.org>
From: Nigel Reed <nigel@nelgin.nu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/02/2001 20:54:13 
man hier

                dist/      third-party `virgin' source code, referenced by
                           other parts of the source tree


Regards
NIgel

On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 02:56:03AM +0200, Samuel Hornus wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Here is a not very useful question :
> 
> What does the word 'dist' means in the file hierarchy of /usr/src ?
> /usr/src/dist
> /usr/src/crypto/dist
> etc...
> 
> ditribution ? distant (files) ? distillation ?
> 
> err...distransportation(as in Hyperion/Dan Simmons) ?
> 
> Thanks !
> -- 
> Samuel

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