> On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 12:58:11AM +0100, Fergal Daly wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've searched the archives of the mailing lists and seen
> this question
> > arise several times but it doesn't seem to have ever been answered
> > properly! Either the question has been ignored or the link
> provided isn't
> > any use. The SRPMS directory on the mirror sites only has about 100
> > packages. Can anyone tell me where all the others are? Thanks,
>
> Dunno what you're talking about, the main mirror at
> ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/SRPMS contains
> right now 936 SRPMS. Don't know, but it seems like you're using a quite
> outdated mirror.
That's the DEVELOPMENT mirror, not the release one. I'm not about to use
that on my production machines. Fergal is quite correct: the SRPMS for
Mandrake 7.1 have not been properly put on the mirror sites. I for one won't
install 7.1 until I also have the source.
Since a number of people have asked this question, I also have to wonder
whether the terms of the GPL are being honoured?
If anyone at MandrakeSoft is listening, please sort this out.
Tony.
