Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 13:58:39 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "G.W.Roberts" <mas039@bangor.ac.uk> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: packages for alpha 4-stable Message-ID: <20030819205839.GA79476@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <16194.13415.349539.909374@math2.bangor.ac.uk> References: <16194.13415.349539.909374@math2.bangor.ac.uk>
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On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:07:35PM +0100, G.W.Roberts wrote:
> I'd appreciate some general organisational information about how the pack=
age
> files are generated. My query is prompted by trying to obtain package fi=
les
> for alpha from packages-4-stable (in particular kde-3.1.3 because of the
> security fix).
>=20
> I look on three sites:
> (1) ftp.freebsd.org/ports/{alpha,i386}
> (2) http://bento.freebsd.org/errorlogs/{alpha,i386}-packages-4-{full,lat=
est}
> (3) http://rabarber.fruitsalad.org/packages/3.1.3
>=20
> The package files are available for both i386/4-stable and i386/5-current
> and for alpha/5-current, but I cannot find any for alpha/4-stable.
> I could find no log or error information on bento regarding kde-3.1.3 for
> alpha/4-stable. Is this to be expected or has there been an oversight or
> have I missed something? Or is the compilation still continuing somewher=
e?
> Do I just wait or should I email someone?
> Similar situations have occurred in the past.
The alpha build cluster is fairly slow, so it takes a while to upload
new packages. I also don't do it as frequently as i386 to avoid
mirror churn, because alpha is a less popular target.
The packages should be uploaded in the next day or two.
Kris
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