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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 07:05:15 +0100
From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
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Subject: Re: Newbie CVSUP q - waiting for pkg_add(1) error
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 09:47:32PM -0800, Mike Kanaly wrote:
> I've installed FreeBSD 4.5, and am happy with it so far.  I purchased
> Annelise Anderson's book, and read that I should install cvsup.
> However, my computer doesn't seem to like it very much ;)
>  
> I'm having trouble adding CVSUP.  When I go to /stand/sysinstall and
> attempt to add packages - networking utilities - cvsup, I then choose
> install, and my computer sits here and hangs forever.  It says "Adding
> packages/ALL/Cvsupit-3.0.tgz from acd0c" and at the bottom it says
> "Package cvsupit-3.0 read successfully - waiting for pkg_add(1)"  and
> just hangs. any ideas?

Try alt/F'ing to another console. You will probably find a menu of
options there waiting for you to fill in order to create a cvsupfile
for you. In all probability it will ignore any attempts at you doing so.

I initially installed cvsupit "by hand" because of the above oddity.

-- 
Regards
Cliff



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