At 10:36 AM 3/11/97 -0800, Curt Sampson wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Michael Thompson wrote:
>
>> I would like to learn how to compile a complete system.
>> I only have a 28.8K dialup Internet connection so downloading
>> the source tree might take a long while. Can I get source
>> on tape?
>
>Actually, if you decide you want to keep up with the latest sources
>on a regular basis, at some point you'll probably want to bite the
>bullet and use sup to download the full source tree. It's quite a
>few hours the first time, but after that it downloads only the
>changes, so you can update in a few tens of minutes every week.

Would it be easier/faster to ftp the source, unpack it, and then run
sup against that? 
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