Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 14:18:49 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?S=F8ren_Neigaard?= <neigaard@e-box.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_add failure on 4.6.2 Message-ID: <3D9379B9.2010403@owt.com> References: <1221086500.20020926223157@e-box.dk> <3D9371B6.2000106@owt.com> <232709250.20020926225900@e-box.dk>
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Søren Neigaard wrote: > Thursday, September 26, 2002, 10:44:38 PM, Kent wrote: > > KS> Søren Neigaard wrote: > >>>I just installed 4.6.2, and I wanted to install cvsup. So I brought >>>the cvsup-16-1f.tbz from ftp.freebsd.org, and did a >>>'pkg_add cvsup-16-1f.tbz', but whenever I run pkg_add, it core dumps. >>> >>>How can I redirect the error message from pkg_add to a file, and how >>>do I attache files with 'mail', so I can send you some more info on >>>this? >> > > KS> I don't think you can get what you want to install. Your system > KS> doesn't recognize the new format and that is why pkg_add is dying. > KS> They have reverted to the old format but that will take a while. I > KS> would grab 1e from http://people.freebsd.org/~jdp/s1g/ and then make > KS> and add the current port. Version 1f doesn't take long to build. > > KS> Kent > > I did not get that one? Does pkg_add not reconize the new format, or? > Even if I try to run pkg_add without any parameters, it still dies, is > it pkg_add that is broken? > > What do you mean with 1e and 1f? I'm not into this cvsup thing, I just > need it to update my ports tree. Should I get the source and build it, > and if so, where should I place the source prior to build? Will this > fix my problem, or is it an entire new problem? > No, you do not have to build it. You can download version ...1f.tgz from one of the mirrors and add it. The pkg_add on your system does not recognize the new compression scheme. Find a ...1f.tgz that you can download and pkg_add it. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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