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1.1     ! root        1: How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP.  Last updated 4 June 1988
        !             2: 
        !             3: * No Warranties
        !             4: 
        !             5: We distribute software in the hope that it will be useful, but
        !             6: without any warranty.  No author or distributor of this software
        !             7: accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it or
        !             8: for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless
        !             9: he says so in writing.
        !            10: 
        !            11: * Updates
        !            12: 
        !            13: If you find this file in the Emacs distribution, there is a chance
        !            14: it is out of date.  If you plan to FTP files from prep.ai.mit.edu,
        !            15: you might as well start by FTPing the current version of this file,
        !            16: which is `/u2/emacs/etc/FTP'.
        !            17: 
        !            18: * FTPing GNU Software
        !            19: 
        !            20: ** GNU Emacs and How To FTP It
        !            21: 
        !            22: If you are on the Internet (see also "** Alternative Internet FTP
        !            23: Sources" below), you can at present copy the latest distribution
        !            24: version of GNU Emacs from the file /u2/emacs/edist.tar on host
        !            25: prep.ai.mit.edu (or the file /u2/emacs/edist.tar.Z which has been run
        !            26: through compress after tar).  These files are about 7 and 3 megabytes
        !            27: long, respectively.  After you unpack the distribution, be sure to
        !            28: look at the files README and INSTALL.
        !            29: 
        !            30: Because of difficulties in transferring large files, often a split
        !            31: version of the tar file is created.  This is a directory named
        !            32: /u2/emacs/edist.tar-M.N-split or perhaps
        !            33: /u2/emacs/edist.tar-M.N.Z-split, containing files of 100000
        !            34: characters each.  There is generally no trouble in ftping files of
        !            35: this size.  They can be combined with cat to make a tar file or
        !            36: compressed tar file.
        !            37: 
        !            38: Some ftp'ers have found it necessary for successful file transfer:
        !            39:    - to set the binary/image mode
        !            40:    - to use another of prep.ai.mit.edu internet addresses than the
        !            41: default for your machine.  They are (as of 22 Oct 86):
        !            42:   128.52.14.14
        !            43:   128.52.22.14
        !            44:   128.52.32.14
        !            45: 
        !            46: Files of differences from previous widely distributed GNU Emacs
        !            47: versions to the present version are also available on prep.ai.mit.edu
        !            48: under names of the form diff-OO.OO-NN.NN in directory /u2/emacs .
        !            49: These are made with diff -rc2.  Sometimes there are compressed
        !            50: versions of these difference files as well; their names have .Z
        !            51: appended.
        !            52: 
        !            53: The Emacs manual in source form is included in the distribution.
        !            54: The dvi file produced by TeX is not included, but a copy may be
        !            55: available for ftp under the name /u2/emacs/emacs.dvi.
        !            56: 
        !            57: ** Copying Only Recently Changed Files
        !            58: 
        !            59: A special version of rcp exists which allows you, on an Internet host,
        !            60: to copy all GNU Emacs files whose last-mod-dates don't match your
        !            61: files.  See the file /u2/emacs/etc/RCP on prep.ai.mit.edu for
        !            62: information on using it.
        !            63: 
        !            64: ** Scheme and How To FTP It
        !            65: 
        !            66: The latest distribution version of C Scheme is in the directory
        !            67: /u2/scheme/dist.  To obtain a "tarred" copy of this directory, telnet
        !            68: to prep.ai.mit.edu and log in as scheme (password: scheme).  A file called
        !            69: dist.tar will be created (if there isn't one already), and you will be
        !            70: given a choice of the file transfer program to run (of all the ones
        !            71: supported by PREP).  It should be self-explanatory (ha, ha! [try ? for
        !            72: help]).
        !            73: 
        !            74: Read the files INSTALL and README in the top level C Scheme directory.
        !            75: 
        !            76: ** GDB and How To FTP It.
        !            77: 
        !            78: GDB, the GNU source-level C debugger, is part of the Emacs distribution.
        !            79: It can be found separately in the directory /u2/emacs/dist/gdb as
        !            80: 65 separate files.  If there is a demand, separate tar files of
        !            81: GDB can be made available.
        !            82: 
        !            83: ** The VMS version of GCC and How To FTP It.
        !            84: 
        !            85: Jonathan Corbet has made the "bootstrap files" for the GNU C compiler
        !            86: available for pseudo-anonymous FTP on rdss.ucar.edu.  The full gcc
        !            87: sources are also available, for anybody who wants to start from scratch.
        !            88: 
        !            89: Jonathan Corbet also requests that you please limit your access to
        !            90: outside the hours of 8-6 (mountain time) on weekdays.  RDSS is a
        !            91: *very* busy machine during the day.  Jonathan notes, "I don't think I
        !            92: have to tell you what will happen if my users feel they are being
        !            93: slowed down by outside people grabbing software."
        !            94: 
        !            95: The procedure is this: FTP to rdss.ucar.edu (128.117.80.1), and log in
        !            96: with a username of FTP, password FTP.  Cd into the [.gcc] directory,
        !            97: and grab either or both of these files:
        !            98:        bootstrap.bck   The bootstrap files -- not much more than the
        !            99:                        .exe files.  About 1.3 mb.
        !           100:        gcc.bck         The full-blown gcc source code.  About 5mb.
        !           101: Both of these files are backup savesets, and should thus be grabbed
        !           102: in binary mode.
        !           103: 
        !           104: SPAN people can grab the same files from rdss::du:[ftp.gcc].  If your
        !           105: node database does not know about rdss, use 9452 instead.
        !           106: 
        !           107: Jonathan Corbet is with the
        !           108: National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility
        !           109: Internet:      [email protected]
        !           110: SPAN:          rdss::corbet    (rdss = 9452)
        !           111: Usenet:                ...!ncar!rdss!corbet
        !           112: 
        !           113: ** Other GNU Software and How To FTP It.
        !           114: 
        !           115: This software is available on prep.ai.mit.edu under directory
        !           116: /u2/emacs.  Files containing diff from previous versions are often
        !           117: available.  Compressed versions of the tar or diff files are often
        !           118: available (indicated by a .Z suffix).  Much of this software is in
        !           119: beta test (probably still buggy), and is being made available for use
        !           120: by hackers who like to test software.  M.N indicates a version number.
        !           121: 
        !           122: Bison                  bison.tar
        !           123: GNU Assembler (gas)    gas-dist.tar    BETA TEST
        !           124: GNU C Compiler (gcc)   gcc.tar-M.N     Late BETA TEST
        !           125: GNU C++ Compiler (g++) g++.tar-M.N     BETA TEST
        !           126: GNU C++ Library                dist-libg++.tar.Z       BETA TEST
        !           127: GNU C++ Debugger (gdb+)        gdb+.tar-M.N.Z  BETA TEST
        !           128: GNU AWK (gawk)         awk.tar         BETA TEST
        !           129: GNU Make               make.tar-M.N.Z  BETA TEST
        !           130: GNU ld, gprof, size, nm and strip
        !           131:                        binutils.tar    BETA TEST
        !           132: GNU Chess              gnuchess.tar.Z
        !           133: GNU Buttons and Designs        button.M.N.ps
        !           134: 
        !           135: ** Alternative Internet FTP Sources
        !           136: 
        !           137: The administrators of simtel20.arpa maintains copies of GNU
        !           138: distributed software for MILNET/DDN hosts.  It is available via
        !           139: anonymous ftp from PD:<UNIX-C.GNU> in the original tar or tar.Z
        !           140: format.
        !           141: 
        !           142: The administrators of louie.udel.edu maintains copies of GNU Emacs and
        !           143: the compress program.  The files are available via anonymous ftp under
        !           144: directory ~ftp/gnu.  louie's addresses are (as of 21 Feb 1987):
        !           145: 
        !           146: 10.0.0.96      louie udel-louie eecis3 udel-relay udel
        !           147: 192.5.39.3      louie.udel.edu udel-louie.arpa udel-louie louie udel-relay udel udel.edu
        !           148: 
        !           149: Emacs and other GNU programs may be available on nic.nyser.net, in
        !           150: /usb/gnu/emacs-dist.tar{,.Z}.  Anonymous ftp starts you in directory
        !           151: /usb.
        !           152: 
        !           153: Emacs and other GNU programs may be available on uunet.uu.net,
        !           154: spam.istc.sri.com, scam.berkeley.edu and bu-it.bu.edu via anonymous ftp.
        !           155: 
        !           156: * Getting GNU software in England
        !           157: 
        !           158: [email protected] is willing to distribute those GNU sources he has
        !           159: available.  The smaller items are available from the info-server (send
        !           160: to [email protected]) the larger items by negotiation.  Due to
        !           161: communication costs this service is only available within the UK.
        !           162: 
        !           163: [email protected] is also willing to
        !           164: distribute those GNU sources he has available.  He can also write
        !           165: tapes in qic-21, qic-24 and VMS TK50s formats.
        !           166: 
        !           167: * Getting GNU software via UUCP
        !           168: 
        !           169: OSU is distributing via UUCP: GNU Emacs, GNU Bison, GNU Debugger
        !           170: (gdb), GNU C Compiler (gcc) (& G++ & GDB+), MIT C Scheme, GNU Chess,
        !           171: GNU Assembler (gas), GNU Awk (gawk), Compress, News, RN, NNTP, Patch,
        !           172: some Appletalk stuff, and some of the Internet Requests For Comment
        !           173: (RFC).  See their periodic postings on the Usenet newsgroup
        !           174: comp.sources.d for informational updates.  Current details from Karl
        !           175: Kleinpaste <[email protected]> or <[email protected]> or
        !           176: <...!osu-cis!karl>; or Bob Sutterfield <bob@the-same-places>.
        !           177: 
        !           178: Information on how to uucp some GNU programs is available via
        !           179: electronic mail from: [email protected], ihnp4!hutch!barber,
        !           180: hqda-ai!merlin, hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny, acornrc!bob,
        !           181: gatech!uflorida!codas!killer!wisner, mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!ht!spt!gz,
        !           182: bigtex!james and [email protected].
        !           183: 
        !           184: * If You Like The Software
        !           185: 
        !           186: If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free
        !           187: Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation.
        !           188: Your donations will help to support the Foundation and make our future
        !           189: efforts successful, including a complete development and operating
        !           190: system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Un*x), which will run Un*x user
        !           191: programs.  For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us
        !           192: at the above address.
        !           193: 
        !           194: Ordering a distribution tape from the Foundation is often a good
        !           195: way to bring your company or university to make a donation.

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