From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 1 16:50:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0A4E16A418 for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2007 16:50:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail1.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail1.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A03B013C469 for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2007 16:50:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 26503 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2007 16:23:27 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail1.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 1 Sep 2007 16:23:27 -0000 Received: from Lowell-Desk.lan (Lowell-Desk.lan [172.30.250.6]) by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A6828426; Sat, 1 Sep 2007 12:23:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: by Lowell-Desk.lan (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 62D3D1CC7B; Sat, 1 Sep 2007 12:23:23 -0400 (EDT) To: remrot@gmail.com References: From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:23:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: (remrot@gmail.com's message of "Wed\, 29 Aug 2007 22\:49\:30 +0200") Message-ID: <44k5raz75x.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.99 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: package "xkeyboard-config" not available X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:50:24 -0000 [This is a ports question, not a -stable question, so I adjusted the headers accordingly to reach the appropriate folks.] remrot@gmail.com writes: > I'm trying to install Xorg from packages but it does not work because the > "xkeyboard-config" package isn't available for download. I tried about 5 > mirrors with the same result. When I login with firefox, I can see the > package in the "Latest" but not in the "All" folder. Download is not > possible. > > I am new to FreeBSD so I'm not sure if it's normal that packages are > missing for a short period (e.g. for maintenance reasons) or if this is a > serious error... pointyhat.freebsd.org seems to think that the package is present but outdated, so it does seem like there's something confused in the mirror system. On the other hand, this programs takes very little time to build from ports, so (offhand) it doesn't seem like a big deal to me. Good luck.