Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:30:18 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: fbsd_user <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: ports & package names changing? Message-ID: <20031231053018.GA2526@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEHMFCAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <20031230140759.GA40525@xor.obsecurity.org> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEHMFCAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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--wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:07:32AM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > I an running 4.9 the pkg_add -r command default path is > /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.9-release/Lastest/ > All the names in that location do not have versions suffix appended > to the name. >=20 > Though /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.9-release/all/ does. >=20 > The FBSD handbook says to use > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html > To find port and package names and it only shows the names with > versions suffix appended to the name. >=20 > Some entries listed have package link and some don't, entries > without package link still have packages. >=20 > just looks like thinks are in process of changing, as if there is > an project in progress, so I asked the question. >=20 > Default location for pkg_add should be 'all' and not 'Latest' or > 'Latest' should be populated with content of 'all' so pkg_add will > function. That's by design. If you want the latest version of the package you don't care what the specific version is. If you care about downloading a specific version, you can download it from the All/ directory or from one of the other subdirectories (e.g. games/). Kris --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/8l7pWry0BWjoQKURAkq9AJ93YBSpamPjLzp0B0QD27Bd57Xg6QCfdoCY /TB2QEmRM4J1fm94sg8vv/g= =D55C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wac7ysb48OaltWcw--
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