XFree86 available via yum

[Mike A. Harris]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:

>>>>        ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing/unstable
>>>>
>>>>XFree86-4.3.0-39 is there right now for x86, ppc, x86_64, and ia64
>>>
>>>Downloaded via http using mozilla, and installed.
>> 
>> 
>> Interesting, because it isn't available for download via http.  
>> ;o)
>
>One thing that I never understood is the difference between
>ftp://people.redhat.com and http://people.redhat.com

The ftp:// URL uses the FTP protocol, and the http:// URL uses 
the HTTP protocol.  Additionally, the user roots of both of these 
are in separate locations, so a file appearing at an ftp:// URL 
will not be at an http:// URL because they are different 
protocols with different storage locations on the hard disk 
arrays.  Some developers may or may not hardlink the files to 
make them available in both locations.  Personally, I favour ftp, 
as it works with commandline ncftp, etc. and I dislike using text 
web browsers in place of commandline ftp clients...  ;o)


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Mike A. Harris     ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat