From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 21 3:58:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8ABC37B401 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 03:58:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CCAE43E75 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 03:58:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8LAwbc9020778; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:58:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8LAwWww020747; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:58:32 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:58:32 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Chris Chekay Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP site problems Message-ID: <20020921105832.GA18097@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <20020920175857.Y1017-100000@bsd.lambdarpg.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020920175857.Y1017-100000@bsd.lambdarpg.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 06:01:05PM -0400, Chris Chekay wrote: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.4-release > it seems that the whole packages distribution is offline. I have tried > all of the mirrors shown in /stand/sysinstall and none work... is it just > temporarily down or permanately? Im just wondering cuz nothing on the freebsd > home web page mentions there being anything wrong.... Packages from older releases have been removed from the ftp sites to make room for the new packages for 4.7-RELEASE. The default package compression has also been changed from gzip to bzip2, which means that if you have an older version of pkg_add it's going to be mystified by recently built packages. Your choices now are .../ports/i386/packages-4.6-release .../ports/i386/packages-4.6.1-release .../ports/i386/packages-4.6.2-release which should all work on any system from the 4.x series so long as you fulfil all the dependencies. Use the PACKAGESITE environment variable to cause pkg_add(1) to search one of the alternate directories. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message