Chakkaradeep C C wrote:
Some reasons for no tar of all the packages, is that you normally do not want to install _everything_ from BLFS, just what you want/need. Also, a tar of all the packages would be quite large:where would i find the same way packages and patched for BLFS
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /srv/ftp/pub/BLFS]$ du -sch * 4.0K 5.1 1.5G 6.0 2.5G SVN 4.0G total [EMAIL PROTECTED] /srv/ftp/pub/BLFS]$
I have never liked downloading such huge files. That kind of bandwidth/traffic also is not available on all servers.
Almost all of the BLFS packages are available here for download (Thanks to the BLFS Team for updating them!):
ftp://ftp.lfs-matrix.net/pub/BLFS/
I would discourage doing a recursive wget on my server, but rather download what you need. ;)
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