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Jordan K. Hubbard 51305d0555 Answer some recently asked questions. Submitted-By: pds		1997-01-27 17:56:46 +00:00
bin	Sweep through the tree fixing mmap() usage:	1997-01-16 21:58:40 +00:00
contrib	Everyone's favorite: finally bump vi's escapetime.	1997-01-17 23:10:58 +00:00
eBones	Make the long-awaited change from $Id$ to $FreeBSD$	1997-01-14 07:20:47 +00:00
etc	Use shifts instead of multiplications and `\|' instead of` +' to simplify	1997-01-27 06:24:10 +00:00
games	Correct some grammar. Closes PR# 2520.	1997-01-26 05:07:58 +00:00
gnu	Use xmalloc instead of malloc in two places, so that out-of-memory	1997-01-24 00:07:03 +00:00
include	Change XOPEN constants to match FreeBSD reality and add some	1997-01-16 08:27:18 +00:00
lib	Document a couple of additional errno's.	1997-01-26 03:44:55 +00:00
libexec	Make even more copies of hostnames obtained by inet_ntoa(). iruserok()	1997-01-27 15:38:46 +00:00
lkm	Upgrade the kbdio rutines to provide queued kbd & mouse events.	1997-01-15 18:16:32 +00:00
release	DTRT with a release string of "none" and use the correct (updated)	1997-01-27 09:51:56 +00:00
sbin	Apply patch from pr2536, after testing locally.	1997-01-25 05:27:17 +00:00
secure	Make the long-awaited change from $Id$ to $FreeBSD$	1997-01-14 07:20:47 +00:00
share	Answer some recently asked questions.	1997-01-27 17:56:46 +00:00
sys	Fixed EXTRAVNODES ifdef.	1997-01-27 12:48:15 +00:00
tools	Clean up some of the tortured english in this file.	1997-01-21 12:36:01 +00:00
usr.bin	Store temp files in current directory instead /tmp. The current	1997-01-27 00:10:53 +00:00
usr.sbin	DTRT with a release string of "none" and use the correct (updated)	1997-01-27 09:51:56 +00:00
COPYRIGHT	This is the official 4.4 Lite copyright.	1994-09-11 07:53:28 +00:00
Makefile	Add uudecode to lib-tools so that the -p option is available for	1997-01-21 13:12:10 +00:00
README	Make the long-awaited change from $Id$ to $FreeBSD$	1997-01-14 07:20:47 +00:00

README

This is the top level of the FreeBSD source directory.  This file
was last revised on: $FreeBSD$

For copyright information, please see the file COPYRIGHT in this
directory (additional copyright information also exists for some
sources in this tree - please see the specific source directories for
more information).

The Makefile in this directory supports a number of targets for
building components (or all) of the FreeBSD source tree, the most
commonly used one being ``world'', which rebuilds and installs
everything in the FreeBSD system from the source tree except the
kernel.  Please see the top of the Makefile for more information on
the standard build targets and compile-time flags.

Building a kernel with config(8) is a somewhat more involved process,
documentation for which can be found at:
   http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html
And in the config(8) man page.

The sample kernel configuration files reside in the sys/i386/conf
sub-directory (assuming that you've installed the kernel sources), the
file named GENERIC being the one used to build your initial installation
kernel.  The file LINT contains entries for all possible devices, not
just those commonly used, and is meant more as a general reference
than an actual kernel configuration file (a kernel built from it
wouldn't even run).


Source Roadmap:
---------------
bin		System/User commands.

contrib		Packages contributed by 3rd parties.

eBones		Kerberos package - NOT FOR EXPORT!

etc		Template files for /etc

games		Amusements.

gnu		Various commands and libraries under the GNU Public License.
		Please see gnu/COPYING* for more information.

include		System include files.

lib		System libraries.

libexec		System daemons.

lkm		Loadable Kernel Modules.

release		Release building Makefile & associated tools.

sbin		System commands.

secure		DES and DES-related utilities - NOT FOR EXPORT!

share		Shared resources.

sys		Kernel sources.

tools		Utilities for regression testing and miscellaneous tasks.

usr.bin		User commands.

usr.sbin	System administration commands.


For information on synchronizing your source tree with one or more of
the FreeBSD Project's development branches, please see:

  http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/synching.html