Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 12:12:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Derdau <sderdau@bit-net.com> To: Albert Kinderman <albert.kinderman@email.csun.edu> Cc: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP tar Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.980624121053.30545A-100000@mail.bit-net.com> In-Reply-To: <35911AEA.DF320472@email.csun.edu>
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I've just tried this with the msql port. get msql.tar when I try to make install I get msql-2.0.3 is marked as broken: PR 5868: PLIST broken, not PREFIX clean. Am I doing something wrong. FreeBSD When It Matters Thank You /sd On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Albert Kinderman wrote: > Roman Katsnelson wrote: > > > I am trying to install a port (pine) via FTP. In the Handbook, it says > > that if, once logged on and in the proper directory I give > > > > ftp> get pine.tar > > > > then it will tar up that directory and get it. However, all that happens > > (which I, being the cynic, expected anyway) is > > > > pine.tar is not a file or a directory > > I just did it. Everything was fine. However, I did make the mistake of > trying to > get pine from the ports directory and got the pine.tar is not ... message [ > I > should have been in ports/mail]. After changing to ports/mail, I typed > get pin.tar and got the pin.tar is not ... message. Be sure you are in the > > correct directory and don't make any spelling mistakes. > > Al > -- > Albert Kinderman California State University, Northridge > albert.kinderman@csun.edu Department of Management Science > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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