From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 29 13:49:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C721065674 for ; Tue, 29 May 2012 13:49:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shiva@subbu.us) Received: from mail-gg0-f182.google.com (mail-gg0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 946FD8FC08 for ; Tue, 29 May 2012 13:49:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnm2 with SMTP id m2so3086548ggn.13 for ; Tue, 29 May 2012 06:49:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=subbu.us; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=ewmfnoiwmVRJky/X/BPGZxVaeeq12u0V7ulZwNmws4Y=; b=zidk22S6xt7qXriTTriE7orN3YuzimoG3kbzgiZXBfOx2y+Mx9W9hfChOIQ/tXPEKG ezPnfLUnz3GnPIo5w+/ss8J8YRdO1qh1tdOBb8Dq7DsWit2Op9P2fltEU/Q+oOWu91A8 yCt+SX2RwAd/30ylp/ptKuYjlmwzKFa76QVgw= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=ewmfnoiwmVRJky/X/BPGZxVaeeq12u0V7ulZwNmws4Y=; b=L47LYueK9t7NuQhD6RXEgYLTC9QWb/LBtRTyewAN6YWAWOeSYU54LNdbLO3uZAwREd DCo4+w5v1rQH2rlWvMVSGQMFx3KQMl1A4Veh65W+0/4MJxx6t6B92Djv7YjOwcGzhuvZ p4OT3+KfaKgHjzxE2v/2covEwNASyQCkSH26hzdziSdDMluM+jw9LQ1t2qxyPVSJVLIx sOga5vmVWrpEKVG+giUB0+9oDgRoV6UAP2IV62VnBpnUrvFo1AHpDoRdXN+CtHuPh1Gm KPt4A9KvWBqhpsQfrIW5vyRGwGdkJ+yW6rWSW0id4oI7PrZZqUNU6tXS7SDNteM7CtHi p+BA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.42.196 with SMTP id q4mr7368192igl.28.1338299386684; Tue, 29 May 2012 06:49:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.201.147 with HTTP; Tue, 29 May 2012 06:49:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 09:49:46 -0400 Message-ID: From: Shiva Subramanian To: Kevin Oberman X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnaBPe4TYoQD5uw5fLrwAhBjAeI0qONufFT9eaWuOwIEQYTS6DnbFBJMq0JEUIVX9uPXj5U Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: ports@freebsd.org, netchild@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: lame-3.99.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 13:49:48 -0000 I was able to compile from the sources and thanks for the insight. still getting acclimated to freebsd :) if there is anything I can do to help, please do let me know. Best Shiva On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Shiva Subramanian wrote: > > hi there - when trying to install lame on my fresh new freebsd - I get > the > > following error msg. Anything I can do to help resolve? > > > > murugan02# pkg_add -r lame > > Error: Unable to get > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/lame.tbz > : > > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > > pkg_add: unable to fetch ' > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/Latest/lame.tbz > ' > > by URL > > I don't believe that lame is ever packaged for legal reasons. You will > need to build it yourself, if you want it. Binary distribution would > require FreeBSD to license it (clearly a non-starter), so there is > none. lame is not unique in this regard. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com > -- Shiva (404) 798-2449 www.linkedin.com/in/subramanian