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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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8 | <sect1 id="packages" xreflabel="Getting the Source Packages">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="packages.html"?>
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11 | <sect1info>
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12 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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13 | <date>$Date$</date>
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14 | </sect1info>
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15 |
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16 | <title>Getting the Source Packages</title>
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17 |
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18 | <para>Within the BLFS instructions, each package has two references for
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19 | finding the source files for the package—an HTTP link and an FTP link
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20 | (some packages may only list one of these links). Every effort has been made
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21 | to ensure that these links are accurate. However, the World Wide Web is in
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22 | continuous flux. Packages are sometimes moved or updated and the exact URL
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23 | specified is not always available.</para>
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24 |
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25 | <para>To overcome this problem, the BLFS Team, with the assistance of <ulink
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26 | url='http://www.serverbeach.com'>Server Beach</ulink>, has made an HTTP/FTP
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27 | site available at <emphasis>anduin.&lfs-domainname;</emphasis>. This site
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28 | has all the sources of the exact versions of the packages used in BLFS. If
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29 | you can't find the BLFS package you need, get it there.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <para>We would like to ask a favor, however. Although this is a public
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32 | resource for you to use, please do not abuse it. We have already had one
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33 | unthinking individual download over 3 GB of data, including multiple copies of
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34 | the same files that are placed at different locations (via symlinks) to make
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35 | finding the right package easier. This person clearly did not know what files
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36 | he needed and downloaded everything. The best place to download files
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37 | is the site or sites set up by the source code developer. Please try
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38 | there first.</para>
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39 |
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40 | </sect1>
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