Subject: Re: Obtaining NetBSD
To: Michael Ritzert <mjr@turbo.su.shuttle.de>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/29/1999 19:14:42
	I think Bob Nestor may produce pkgsrc CDs somewhere in his
	range :)
	http://www.netbsd.org/Sites/cdroms.html#bob_nestor

	Bob - if you're willing to cut CDs with pkgsrc snapshots
	including distfiles that would probably be worth adding to the
	Sites/cdroms.html page... :)

		David/absolute

On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Michael Ritzert wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> i do not belong to the people having the priviledge of a fast and
> cheap access to the internet (any more).
> 
> In order to upgade my 1.3.2/sparc box to 1.4.1 i bought the CD set
> published by Lehmann's book shop.
> 
> This CD contains the basic official netbsd distribution but
> unfortunately no additional packages, neither precompiled nor as
> source.
> 
> So i can't upgrade all the additional stuff i've installed under
> 1.3.2, and --- worse --- run into severe version conflicts between old 
> and new libraries if i download single packages to upgrade at least
> what's most important to me, e.g., windowmaker from 0.20.3 to 0.6.1.
> 
> I'd like to know if it is possible here in germany to buy a CD with a
> collection of
> 
> 	- precompiled packages for 1.4, 1.4K, 1.4.1 as presently
> 	  contained on the ftp.netbsd.org
> 	- same packages as source
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 
> Michael
>