From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 1 20:21:29 2004 Return-Path: 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 042F616A4CE for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 20:21:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from carrefour.gothpoodle.com (carrefour.gothpoodle.com [64.30.138.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F0043D5F for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 20:21:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from krikket@gothpoodle.com) Received: from carrefour.gothpoodle.com (krikket@localhost [127.0.0.1]) ESMTP id i124LEgt012760; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 23:21:14 -0500 Received: from localhost (krikket@localhost)ESMTP id i124LDpE012757; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 23:21:13 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: carrefour.gothpoodle.com: krikket owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 23:21:13 -0500 (EST) From: Krikket To: "Andrew L. Gould" In-Reply-To: <200402012203.00810.algould@datawok.com> Message-ID: X-Echelon-Fodder: CIA FBI NSA NORAD plutonium munitions Waco Nazi terrorist drugs assassination bullion MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding Packages and Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 04:21:29 -0000 On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > Krikket wrote: > > I was able to do a "pkg_add -r cvsup" on the first try. But I ended up > > with the same problem -- not being able to find the package once it was > > installed. Needless to say, I can't add any ports as a result. > > Why are you using the '-r' option? If you're using the install 4.9 CDROM, > just cd to /cdrom/packages/All and: > > pkg_add cvsup-16.1h.tgz > > If you're using ports, cd to /usr/ports/net/cvsup and execute: > > make install clean Err... Excuse me while I'm a little bull-headed here, and attempting to adjust from the linux world. The reason I was thinking of using the -r option is because it pulls from the ftp site. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the various versions of freeBSD (3.x, 4.x, and 5.x) are still being worked. Needless to say, 5.x is the bleeding edge, but 4.x hasn't been left to go stale. (Or else how would security patches get done, when needed?) Therefore, the thought was to get the latest and greatest from the net. No, it's not as bleeding edge as the 5.2 stuff, but if a patch was done since the 4.9 iso's were made, it would be a good idea to have that on hand. So I thought it would be a good thing to use -r as a default option. Or am I just using an incorrect line of thinking, due to the flux that I got used to (and wish to avoid) from when I was dealing with the Linux world? So, given that I should have the ports installed from my initial install phase, all I have to do is the make install clean? Too cool. Thank you for the pointer! Krikket