From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 26 11:28:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C98F916A41C for ; Thu, 26 May 2005 11:28:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@zrizx.com) Received: from killer.zrizx.com (killer.zrizx.com [65.98.81.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82B4A43D1F for ; Thu, 26 May 2005 11:28:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@zrizx.com) Received: from absolutelycrap.com (killer [65.98.81.94]) by killer.zrizx.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4QBaDRu016835; Thu, 26 May 2005 07:36:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd@zrizx.com) From: "G. Felter" To: Fabian Keil Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:36:13 +0100 Message-Id: <20050526113141.M36080@pathofselfdestruction.com> In-Reply-To: <20050526131848.2aff4950@localhost> References: <000501c55fc7$e4f10ae0$6601a8c0@GRANT> <20050526131848.2aff4950@localhost> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.51 20050228 X-OriginatingIP: 204.97.162.25 (admin) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 65.98.81.94 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fetch X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 11:28:11 -0000 On Thu, 26 May 2005 13:18:48 +0200, Fabian Keil wrote > "Grant Peel" wrote: > > > I recently installed 5.2.1 Release on a nice new box. everything works > > except I cant Fetch any port. > > > > "Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this > > >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again." > > > > Getting this message on almost every port. > > > > Any ideas? I could be wrong but I'm almost sure the packages arent available for a release like 5.2.1 sometime after the next version is released like 5.3 I think you have to use ports. I think I ran into that with a 5.2.1 box I had. G. > > Does it work if you first ping the server holding the port files > and then try again? > > I once had a similar problem which turned out to be DNS related. > > The DNS server of my D-Link 664T seems to be buggy. > > My work around is to use named as DNS cache and avoid > buying D-Link in the future. > > Fabian > -- > http://www.fabiankeil.de/