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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14: it is out of date.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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