Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:50:56 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Janine C. Buorditez" <johann@broadpark.no> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bad package system, BAAD. And; tbz2 -- WTF(ine) is this? Message-ID: <20020904205056.GB19904@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020904212931.5728b785.johann@broadpark.no> References: <20020904212931.5728b785.johann@broadpark.no>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 09:29:31PM +0200, Janine C. Buorditez wrote: > Hello. > > Why make packages in tbz2 when pkg_add doesn't understand it, and why not make > the -r feature take packages from ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/*/* > instead of ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/Latest/? The ports system only supports freebsd-stable, which understands .tbz packages. I sent mail about this to the relevant lists when the change occurred. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9dnIvWry0BWjoQKURAvJvAKDON30OSZ2jR2jgVzFhP494j311AwCgjawz YOyZVkq5wzpH/9mjNzRNU6o= =oTjt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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