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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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Subject: Re: about adding packages...
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From: f.johan.beisser <jan@caustic.org>
Subject: Re: about adding packages...
Date: Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 10:39:04PM -0700

> On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Karl Agee wrote:
> 
> > so what does all of this mean??  how can I use this to
> > my advantage and get my package??
> 
> basically, it means that it couldn't get the packages. the file didn't
> exist.
> 
> from the looks of the ftp site, there is no longer a 4.0-release being
> supported off of ftp.freebsd.org. 

...

> and so on. as you can see, no sign of packages for 4.0-release.
> 
> you could probably build this from ports, instead.

or you could build a fresh world, and this will work.

if building from sources is out of the question, you can even download
those packages manually, and install with pkg_add.

-giorgos

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