[3454] in RedHat Linux List
Re: /contrib tree on ftp.redhat.com
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Donnie Barnes)
Fri Nov 8 16:30:22 1996
To: jms@pobox.com
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 08 Nov 1996 07:25:00 CST."
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Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 16:15:07 -0500
From: Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com>
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> What is the point of the 2.2.x directories in contrib? I thought that
> 2.2 (s)rpm's went there and the RPMS directory had the older format
> rpm's. But I just downloaded several rpms from the /contrib/RPMS
> directory only to find that they are 2.2.x format. I think contrib
> needs a reorganization.
Well, the 2.2.x directory was there for folks who were building RPMs
for Rembrandt. Now that 4.0 is out, the RPMs in 2.2.x will get moved
to the main tree. I haven't done this yet because, frankly, I forgot
about the 2.2.x directory.
--Donnie
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