From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 15 05:00:42 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 A0B2F16A505 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:00:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.nildram.co.uk (smtp.nildram.co.uk [195.112.4.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A63943D46 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:00:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from ukug.uk.freebsd.org (parish.gotadsl.co.uk [62.3.235.43]) by smtp.nildram.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64E3C24E96A for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:54:51 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4055A7BF.4080209@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:55:27 +0000 From: Mark Ovens User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0 (Windows/20040303) X-Accept-Language: en-gb, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <22874700.1079347710477.JavaMail.resin@web.ukrpost.net> <20040315123129.GA24507@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040315123129.GA24507@xor.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why .tgz packages for 4.x 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, 15 Mar 2004 13:00:43 -0000 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:48:30PM +0200, Kyryll A Mirnenko wrote: > >> Don't you know why 4.x packages're distributed tar gzipped for 4.x? >> pkg_(?:add|update) understands both .tgz/.tbz but the last saves >> ~20% of my time & money while downloading from mirror > > 1) Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so your emails may be easily read. > > 2) This was attempted in the past, but it caused a lot of problems for > users during the transition. 5.x has .tbz packages. > Hmmm, I tried using pkg_add with an ftp address to a .tgz package (a link from the ports search page IIRC) but got an error something like "pkg_add can only handle files with a .tbz extension. D/l the .tgz and ran pkg_add on the local copy and it worked fine. The package was cvsup I think. > Kris