From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 19:46:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 168BC16A405; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:46:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nathanw@uchicago.edu) Received: from relay03.uchicago.edu (relay03.uchicago.edu [128.135.12.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D440513C471; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nathanw@uchicago.edu) Received: from harper.uchicago.edu (harper.uchicago.edu [128.135.12.7]) by relay03.uchicago.edu (8.13.6.20060614/8.12.9) with ESMTP id l1LJRx1J011731; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:27:59 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (nathanw@localhost) by harper.uchicago.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l1LJRxiV000178; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:27:59 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: harper.uchicago.edu: nathanw owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:27:59 -0600 (CST) From: Nathan Whitehorn To: John Baldwin In-Reply-To: <200702211034.41274.jhb@freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <200702211034.41274.jhb@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing binary packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:46:56 -0000 I think the last release with binary packages was 5.2.1. -Nathan On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday 20 February 2007 15:49, Rafael Ruiz wrote: >> Hi! >> I have just to install FreeBSD/alpha 6.0 on my AlphaStation 255/300. >> Installation process was correct, but i can not to install binary packages >> for X (Xorg and application). >> >> I have checked ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages and there no >> exists any package. Is alpha package removed from ftp servers? > > Probably. There have also been issues building packages for Alpha the past > few releases, so there may not have been any pre-built packages. You can > still build them from ports however. > > -- > John Baldwin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >