Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ox.com!ox.com!emv From: emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) Subject: Re: I need the metconfig sources In-Reply-To: jik@athena.mit.edu's message of Wed, 20 Mar 91 00:27:50 GMT Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ox.com (Usenet News Administrator) Organization: OTA Limited Partnership, Ann Arbor MI. References: <1991Mar19.023639.5806@fwhnm02.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com> <1991Mar20.002750.5570@athena.mit.edu> Date: 19 Mar 91 21:15:51 In article <1991Mar20.002750.5570@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes: Alternatively, you could check the comp.sources.unix index on uunet.uu.net (although you would have to know to look for "config" or "configure" instead of "metaconfig") and you would find, in volume 16: dist2/part[01-07] Larry Wall's Configure generator, etc. dist2/patch1 Larry Wall's Configure generator, etc. dist2/patch2 Larry Wall's Configure generator, etc. and how pray tell are you supposed to know that this package is "metaconfig" ? not obvious to me. if you are me (and you aren't) you just run my 'homely' script that plucks stuff out of a database that I keep of packages and their home sites. it's used to produce comp.archives; you could derive it from comp.archives postings by inspecting the "Archive:" and "Archive-name" headers. homely -s metaconfig jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov /pub/dist.2.0/ (oh, I cheated a bit here, I didn't have this in the database...) P.S. You posted your request twice. Tsk, tsk. give the poor guy a break, you don't have to be so superior. -- Msen Edward Vielmetti /|--- moderator, comp.archives emv@msen.com