Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 19:52:00 -0700 From: Tyler Durden <Tyler@projectmayhem.info> To: Free BSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Sysinstall questions Message-ID: <B7F24060.3E4B%Tyler@projectmayhem.info> In-Reply-To: <004201c15210$32c4d7c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Hello all, I have used /stand/sysinstall to install various packages through ftp. I am now interested in installing newer versions of the packages and would like to continue using sysinstall to do so. However, if I try to access the current list of packages through ftp in sysinstall, I get the same list of packages that I got the first time that I tried this. In sysinstall, I go through: Configure>Packages>FTP>(choose an ftp site)>(confirm network)>(it says that it is receiving index)>(I get a list of directories. But the packages contained within are same old list that I've seen time after time. It would seem to me that this procedure should produce the current directories of the packages. Is there a way to refresh this list? I know that there are newer packages available on the ftp site (I've poked around the directories with an ftp client and found them). But for some reason, sysinstall always gives me the same list. What am I doing wrong? If sysinstall won't update this list, I think I've found the alternative procedure of ftp'ing the package, and using pkg_add (but I am much more comfortable using sysinstall if I can. The command line interface still frightens this newbie). Secondary question: Do I have to remove a previous package before I install a newer one? Or does the new package simply install on top of the old installation without problems? Thanks for being patient with my newbie questions! :-) P.S.-I've tried to send this message several times and it has yet to get through to the list (yet when I use the same account and send it to another list, it comes through almost immediately). Are certain domains being blocked, or is there another issue here? If this message gets through, please respond on list, as I have yet to figure out how to get the pop functions working on my FreeBSD box (which is what I am sending this through, in the hope that it gets through). Jim Jim Krenz unixverse@mac.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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