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RE: 2.1r5 Master file



On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Jim Westveer wrote:

> 
> On 07-Mar-2000 Philip Charles wrote:
> > I notce that 2.1r5 is out with new boot-disks and there are quite a few
> > changes.  I suspect that this means that there will have to be a new
> > "master" file to build the CDs.  
> > 
> > However, the boot-disk.deb and boot-disks source are still the old ones. 
> > I have also checked cvs and there is no new "master" file there either.
> > 
> > It is possible to constuct this file from the boot-disks themselves, but
> > this is a laborious task prone to errors.
> > 
> > Does anyone know where this "master" file is available?
>  
> Phil.
> 
> Humm, a 'mistery' release eh.  I spent some time searching
> cvs looking for the same thing, and came up blank.  
> 
> I have not yet tried to build 2.1r5 with the old debian-cd
> 
> but
> 
> The boot the boot floppies in the archive are:
> 2.1.12-1999-12-09    and
> 2.1.9-1999-03-03     which were the same ones that were
> in the archive in December 1999....only the dates of the
> directories have changed (for some reason).
> 
> Still, the packages in the archive have changed,
> and will require changes to master or useful.
> 
> I will give it a try a bit later in the week, and let ya
> know what I come up with.
> 
> [jim starts searching for disk space...]

I had only looked at the directory dates.  This means that there is no new
master at this stage and that it would be a waste of time modifying the
existing master of useful as the pre selected tasks/systems will be the
same.

Phil.

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