Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:35:35 +0100 From: <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> To: Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk> Cc: <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg_add -r XFree86-4 fails - How do I tell pkg_add to look somewhere else for target? Message-ID: <1027539335.3d3f01875ec66@netmail.pipex.net> In-Reply-To: <9zZb$rBY0vP9EwAN@caomhin.demon.co.uk> References: <1027534025.3d3eecc9e656e@netmail.pipex.net> <5iQKrFB97uP9EwxH@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <1027536277.3d3ef59533fb0@netmail.pipex.net> <kTAdnRB%2BjvP9EwhI@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <1027537417.3d3efa09e9316@netmail.pipex.net> <9zZb$rBY0vP9EwAN@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
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Hi Kevin, Seems as if we've been barking up the wrong tree here: From list member Marc's e-mail: XFree86 is the name to use to fetch XFree86 4.X Look at this: # pkg_add -rv XFree86 looking up ftp.freebsd.org connecting to ftp.freebsd.org:21 setting passive mode opening data connection initiating transfer Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/L atest/XFree86.tgz...+CONTENTS ..., <snip> What do you make of this? Stacey Quoting Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>: > Someone, quite probably , once wrote: > >Sorry Kevin, I didn't quite understand your reply. > > If you can't get a file from ftp.freebsd.org then it's worth trying for > it on ftp2.freebsd.org, or ftp3.freebsd.org > > Locality works to, ftp.uk.freebsd.org for example. > > You'll probably do best if you browse the ftp server before trying to > download it, that way you'll be able to see the binaries they have and > you'll know whether or not it's worth trying to download or just moving > on to another mirror. > > Kevin > -- > kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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