Il ven, 2005-01-07 alle 20:32, Rodolfo Medina ha scritto: > > My Mdk 10.1 Official distribution was enclosed to an Italian linux magazine. > I suppose instead that the official pkg shipped onto 3disks of mdk distro > contains that package. If so, is it normal > (I mean conforming to free software and open source rules) > that a package sold out by a magazine as Mandrake 10.1 > differs from the original so to lack of such important packages > (as libGConf2_4-devel, libgtk+2.0_0-devel and libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-devel)? > Can anybody provide answer to this question? > > Thanks, > Rodolfo >
For the sake of all , this thread was lurked from newsgroup news://alt.os.linux.mandrake > Re: A Complete 10.1 distro? > From: > Hooligan Red <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > 12:48:02, sabato 1 gennaio 2005 > Groups: > alt.os.linux.mandrake > Nessun riferimento > > bugman wrote: > > > Got 10.1, md5sum reports all is well with an "OK" but I feel there > > are > > files missing. > > What about BZFlag? KDE edutainment? KDE games? > > > > I can find the files on rpmfind, as an example, rpmfind locates > > bzflag > > is on disk 1, then why is it not on the download version? > > pkg-10.1-download-i586.idx does not list bzflag. > > > > Have I got a "pre" 10.1? > > btw, boots- 10.1 official download. > > > The huge (~10 GB) Mandrake public release actually consists of three > "official" directories (main, contrib and jpackage) on the > MandrakeLinux > mirrors and one "dodgy" directory (plf) on the Penguin Liberation > Front mirrors. > > The free download ISOs only contain a subset of 'main' constrained by > space available on 3 CDs. Even the 4 ISO set (supposedly for Mandrake > Club members only) doesn't have the full 'main'. For earlier releases, > CD-4 was mainly internationalisation stuff; for MDK 10.1 it has a lot > of > quite essential developer content. > > The commercial boxes various selections from both public and private > archives including some non open-source stuff. It's called market > segmentation but sometimes there is a small element of chaos :-). > > Treat the CDs as a free "starter pack", use the Easy Urpmi web-site to > set up your package manager to access the full archive and enjoy. > > Happy New Year. > > > > Re: A Complete 10.1 distro? > From: > De Kameel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > 19:27:37, sabato 1 gennaio 2005 > Groups: > alt.os.linux.mandrake > Nessun riferimento > > Hooligan Red wrote: > > >Treat the CDs as a free "starter pack", use the Easy Urpmi web-site > >to set up your package manager to access the full archive and enjoy. > > I totally agree. Because I find CLI easier than Package Manager, > I setup the > source using this command: > > urpmi.addmedia belnet > http://ftp.belnet.xx/linux/mandrake/official/10.1/i586/media/main/ > > (the country .xx inserted to let people choose their own best server) > > De Kameel > > This means that if you want more rpms you have to add more software-media-sources. As told, treat the CDs as a free "starter pack", use the Easy Urpmi web-site to set up your package manager to access the full archive and enjoy. P.S. My Mandrake 10.1 4-CDs came from Linux&C n.42 http://www.oltrelinux.com/ 8^)
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