Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:10:24 -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: <20031231191024.GA11471@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEJKFCAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <20031231053018.GA2526@xor.obsecurity.org> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEJKFCAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 08:30:45AM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > Your missing the whole point. > > 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 names. > Pkg_add -r points to directory location with out names with > versions suffix appended. > > >From user view point, pkg_add -r does not work because user is > entering name with version suffix appended as they are led to > believe is the correct name as instructed by the FBSD handbook. > > The user doesn't know about or cares about what 'Latest' contains. > All they know is, they can not get pkg_add to work as instructed by > the handbook. > > That's the big problem. > > The 'Latest' category needs to be populated with names having the > version suffix appended. That's your opinion, but it's a misunderstanding of how the system works. Kris
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