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Hey Richard!

 RF> Relatedly, this is one of the reasons why I like Slackware. The
 RF> source code comes with the DVD.

Also available online at many (all?) of the mirror sites with scripts, patches, etc. for each pkg.  As far as I am aware nobody tops Slackware for this very reason except 'Linux From Scratch' which isn't exactly a distribution as such.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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