From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 9 06:06:16 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1540016A469 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 06:06:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@vizion2000.net) Received: from dns1.vizion2000.net (77-99-36-42.cable.ubr04.chap.blueyonder.co.uk [77.99.36.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFC4F13C455 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 06:06:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@vizion2000.net) Received: by dns1.vizion2000.net (Postfix, from userid 1007) id 811DC1CC66; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 23:22:15 -0700 (PDT) From: David Southwell Organization: Voice and Vision To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 23:22:15 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <5.2.0.9.2.20070609012603.00c1f8b8@192.168.0.30> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20070609012603.00c1f8b8@192.168.0.30> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706082322.15341.david@vizion2000.net> Subject: Re: Problem with packages on 6.2 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: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:06:16 -0000 On Friday 08 June 2007 22:37:01 Steve Lake wrote: > Ok, I don't know if this is a problem with the ports setup I have > on my Freebsd box or something else, but I thought I'd ask anyways. I've > got a machine with a fresh copy of 6.2 release on it. Thought I'd be cute > and install all the ports first and then go from there. pkg_add -r xorg > came up with an error that said the package couldn't be found in the > "Latest" directory. Ok, so I got the direct link to the package it > referenced. Can't be found by pkg_add, yet I can download it via a browser > just fine. So I dug around in the "ALL" directory instead and found the > latest Xorg package. Gave that to pkg_add and it found it, but then said > it couldn't find any of the dependent packages. > > It's the same story with every single package I try to add with > pkg_add that's referenced from the packages directory for 6.2. The error I > keep getting is like this: > > Error: FTP Unable to get > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/xmms. >tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > pkg_add: unable to fetch > 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/xmms >.tbz' by URL > > I've even grabbed my ports tree twice and rebuilt my kernel to 6.2 > stable and still no change. Anyone have any idea why this isn't > working? And how do I, if possible, change the ftp location and path that > pkg_add looks at so that it's using something other than the root > ftp.freebsd.org server. Maybe something like ftp3.freebsd.org or one of > the lesser used ftp servers? > > Thanks in advance for any answers you can give. :) Please reply > directly to me as I'm not on this list right now. (too much mail to sort > through) > I may be off beam here but are you behind a firewall? Do you need to use passive mode ftp. A look at man pkg_add might help. david