Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.EDU>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Source Code?
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:06:20
Message-Id: 20060113060214.GA24930@princeton.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Source Code? by Raj Swaminathan
1 On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:40:30PM -0600, Penguin Lover Raj Swaminathan squawked:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > Can anybody tell me where i can obtain open source code for gentoo. Im
5 > particularly looking for code for programs in /bin and /sbin.
6 > I am on a project to find out how different distros implement a few of these
7 > programs. So far i have only been lucky with OpenSolaris and FreeBSD.
8 >
9 > Thanks,
10 > raj
11
12 Generally the source are stored in /usr/portage/distfiles, packaged in
13 compressed tar archives.
14
15 W
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