Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
>
> On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Jennifer Ricki Wise wrote:
>
> > I tried to take a look at the source code for Mandrake using the source
> > code cd.
> > I was unsuccessful, I tried to open it in Borland C++ but could not find
> > any files that would display anything.
> > Could someone please tell me how I can see the source code and which
> > language it is written in.
> > Thanks and Season's Greetings
> > Jennifer Wise
> > ICQ:6765592
>
> You have to extract the tarballs from the src.rpms, then extract the files
> from the tarballs. You will need a linux machine todo this. windows
> doesn't cut it...
>
More simple: You can browse any rpm or tarball with midnight commander.
Simply browse, and copy interesting files or directory trees to your
windows partition. (should be done as root)
However, when you succeed recompiling Linux with Borland C++,please
let us know about performance/size issues :-))).
Regards,
Peter
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lost.
