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Date:      Thu, 26 May 2005 09:05:32 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        "G. Felter" <freebsd@zrizx.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de>
Subject:   Re: Fetch
Message-ID:  <20050526160532.GB39239@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050526113141.M36080@pathofselfdestruction.com>
References:  <000501c55fc7$e4f10ae0$6601a8c0@GRANT> <20050526131848.2aff4950@localhost> <20050526113141.M36080@pathofselfdestruction.com>

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On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 12:36:13PM +0100, G. Felter wrote:
> On Thu, 26 May 2005 13:18:48 +0200, Fabian Keil wrote
> > "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> wrote:
> >=20
> > > I recently installed 5.2.1 Release on a nice new box. everything work=
s=20
> > > except I cant Fetch any port.
> > >=20
> > > "Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> > > >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again."
> > >=20
> > > Getting this message on almost every port.
> > >=20
> > > Any ideas?
>=20
> 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.

You are partly correct (except they're still available on some
mirrors), but he *is* using ports.

Kris

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