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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/distributions.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/distributions.hlp index b81efbf..b614937 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/distributions.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/distributions.hlp @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ An ``X-'' prefixed before a distribution set means that the XFree86 -3.1.1u1 base distribution, libraries, manual pages, SVGA server and a +3.1.2-S base distribution, libraries, manual pages, SVGA server and a set of default fonts will be selected in addition to the set itself. If you select such a set, you will also be presented with a set of @@ -9,37 +9,32 @@ setup. N.B. All references in this document to `complete source' mean the complete source tree minus any legally encumbered cryptography code. -The current "canned" installations are as follows: +The current "canned" installations are provided: Developer: Base ("bin") distribution, man pages, dictionary files, profiling libraries and the complete source tree. - Kern-Developer: As above, but with only kernel sources instead of the complete source tree. - User: The base distribution, man pages, dictionary files and the FreeBSD 1.x and 2.0 compatibility sets. - Minimal: Only the base distribution. - Everything: The base distribution, man pages, dictionary files, profiling libraries, the FreeBSD 1.x and the FreeBSD 2.0 compatibility libraries, the complete source tree, games and your choice of XFree86 distribution components. - N.B. Still no cryptocraphy source code! - + Note that the cryptocraphy source code is NOT included + in this collection. You will need to select that by + hand if you're inside the United States. Custom: Allows you to modify or create your distribution set on a piece-by-piece basis. - Reset: Clear all currently selected distributions. - --- When using Custom, most of the sub-distribution choices are fairly @@ -51,15 +46,6 @@ obvious, though two possible exceptions may be the "commerce" and under special arrangement, limited functionality demos, shareware products (you like it, you buy it), etc. - At the time of this writing, there are unfortunately not enough - commercial offerings to justify a fully split distribution set, - so each product is available both as a subdirectory and as part - of one large archive file. If you select "commerce" from the - distributions submenus then you'll get the big file containing - the entire collection copied to your hard disk. Don't do this - unless you've got at least 10MB to devote to it! - - * The "xperimnt" directory contains, not surprisingly, experimental offerings. Unfinished (or work-in-progress) features, special purpose drivers and packages, strange proof-of-concept stuff, @@ -74,15 +60,18 @@ obvious, though two possible exceptions may be the "commerce" and You may also notice that certain distributions, like "des" and "krb", -are marked "NOT FOR EXPORT!" This is because it's illegal to -export them from the United States (or any other country which -considers encryption technology to be on its restricted export -list). Since breaking this law only gets the _originating_ site -(US!) in trouble, please do not load these distributions from U.S. -servers! +are marked "NOT FOR EXPORT!" This is because it's illegal to export +them from the United States (or any other country which considers +encryption technology to be on its restricted export list). Since +breaking this law only gets the _originating_ site (US!) in trouble, +please do not load these distributions from U.S. servers! We don't +like these restrictions any more than you do, but can't do much about +it (write your U.S. congressperson!). A number of "foreign" servers do exist for the benefit of -non-U.S. sites, one of which is "skeleton.mikom.csir.co.za". +non-U.S. sites, the official site being: + + ftp://ftp.internat.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD Please get all such export restricted software from there if you are outside the U.S., thanks! |
