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Date:      Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:29:59 +0200
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        James Jeffery <cascadingstylez@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 7.0-CURRENT Ports Collection?
Message-ID:  <46FEA7B7.50104@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <972994690709291217t3bdd7d5bh2890c783f2cf4cc7@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <972994690709291217t3bdd7d5bh2890c783f2cf4cc7@mail.gmail.com>

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James Jeffery wrote:
> Does 7.0 come with a disk for the Ports Collection or would they have
> to be downloaded from the internet?

When it is released you will be able to buy a CD set containing some of 
the packages, but if you are downloading then you will have to use the 
usual methods for adding them (pkg_add -r, etc).

> Im having trouble getting packages from the web, lots of errors when i
> try to install them. Everything seems dependant on everything else.

Well yeah, lots of packages do :)

> Once i get the SSH to work i will post some output. But for now, is there
> a problem installing packages on 7.0?

Not in general.  Get back to us when you have more details.

Kris




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