Hello On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 1:32 PM Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > John Nemeth <[email protected]> writes: > > > To answer the original poster's question, no a full install > > does not include the sources. On the "Custom Install" menu there > > are check boxes for sources (both base and X); however, most install > > media don't include the source sets. You can find the sources for > > everything included with NetBSD on the ftp server. For example, > > the path for the 9.2 sources is /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.2/source/sets . > > Extract the tar balls with "tar xpf <set> -C /". > > And, I view it as unusual to want to unpack sources from sets, rather > than access them through a version control system either the native CVS, > or an hg or git mirror. I check them out via CVS on one or maybe two > of my machines, and update them along the stable branches (or current), > because on my main/sort-of-production machine I basically always want > to be running the latest netbsd-9.
You are correct. No need for the sources, since you can download them. And this would also not be a valid option for people who want an operating system, but don't do development on it. But a "full install" choice in the installation menu led me to believe that I had the sources. Thank you all again. Riza
