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Date:      Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:54:51 +0200
From:      Guido Van Hoecke <Guido@VanHoecke.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: need help with pkg_add
Message-ID:  <3D940ECB.2020503@VanHoecke.org>
References:  <1033087815.609c1480TapRoot420@myrealbox.com>

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TapRoot420 wrote:
> Hello, I just installed FreeBSD 5.0 DP1 and everything is great with the system except i cant get pkg_add to work via ftp. I am trying to install the current afterstep package from the offical freebsd ftp server.
>  
> Here is what i am trying per the handbook. 
> 
> # pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.0-CURRENT/p
> ackages/afterstep/afterstep-1.8.11.tbz
> Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.0-CURRENT/packages/af
> terstep/afterstep-1.8.11.tbz...

As mentionned earlier on this list, the 'tbz' format is the culprit. 
AFAIK, switchover to this format is being rolled back.

-- 
Guido Van Hoecke <Guido@VanHoecke.org>


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