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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml index 0be84395bd..2027a98d31 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml @@ -221,9 +221,8 @@ subscribe cvs-all</programlisting> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Grab the sources from <hostid - role="fqdn">ftp.FreeBSD.org</hostid>. You can do this in - one of three ways:</para> + <para>Grab the sources from a &os; <link linkend="mirrors">mirror + site</link>. You can do this in one of three ways:</para> <orderedlist> <indexterm> @@ -262,9 +261,9 @@ subscribe cvs-all</programlisting> <listitem> <para>Use <command>ftp</command>. The source tree for - &os.current; is always <quote>exported</quote> on: - <ulink - url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/</ulink>. + &os.current; is <quote>exported</quote> on some of the + <link linkend="mirrors-ftp">FTP mirrors</link> in the + directory <filename>/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/</filename>. Some of our FTP mirrors may also allow compressed/tarred grabbing of whole trees. For example you see:</para> @@ -276,6 +275,12 @@ subscribe cvs-all</programlisting> <screen><prompt>ftp></prompt> <userinput>cd usr.bin</userinput> <prompt>ftp></prompt> <userinput>get lex.tar</userinput></screen> + + <note> + <para>If you wish to download the entire &os.current; source + tree <command>cvsup</command> handles this much better than + mirroring a FTP site.</para> + </note> </listitem> <indexterm> @@ -436,7 +441,7 @@ subscribe cvs-all</programlisting> <para>If you are already running a previous release of &os; and wish to upgrade via sources then you can easily do so - from <hostid role="fqdn">ftp.FreeBSD.org</hostid>. This can + from &os; <link linkend="mirrors">mirror site</link>. This can be done in one of three ways:</para> <orderedlist> @@ -474,11 +479,9 @@ subscribe cvs-all</programlisting> </indexterm> <listitem> <para>Use <command>ftp</command>. The source tree for - &os.stable; is always <quote>exported</quote> on: - <ulink - url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/</ulink>.</para> - - <para>Some of our FTP mirrors may also allow + &os.stable; is <quote>exported</quote> on some of the + <link linkend="mirrors-ftp">FTP mirrors</link> in the + Some of our FTP mirrors may also allow compressed/tarred grabbing of whole trees. For example you see:</para> @@ -489,6 +492,12 @@ subscribe cvs-all</programlisting> <screen><prompt>ftp></prompt> <userinput>cd usr.bin</userinput> <prompt>ftp></prompt> <userinput>get lex.tar</userinput></screen> + + <note> + <para>If you wish to download the entire &os.stable; source + tree <command>cvsup</command> handles this much better than + mirroring a FTP site.</para> + </note> </listitem> <indexterm> <primary>-STABLE</primary> |