From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 22 09:01:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B13B16A52C for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:01:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rrcs-midsouth-24-172-16-118.biz.rr.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2D1143D49 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:00:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) i3MFxEtB012495; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:59:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Michel Onoff In-Reply-To: <4087CBD8.4060902@web.de> References: <4087CBD8.4060902@web.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-9DY6dVgpzStuge/Pm9U/" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1082649634.836.4.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:00:34 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install GNOME 2.6 from packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:01:00 -0000 --=-9DY6dVgpzStuge/Pm9U/ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 09:42, Michel Onoff wrote: > Hello, >=20 > the instructions on http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html indicate=20 > that it should be possible to install GNOME 2.6 by simply issuing: >=20 > # pkg_add -r gnome2 >=20 > This doesn't work, on FreeBSD 5.2.1 at least, for a couple of reasons: > * the "Latest" directories on the distribution sites still reference the=20 > older GNOME 2.4.0 release > * pkg_add -r doesn't seem to recognize the .tgz extension and involkes=20 > bzip2 instead of gzip. Note that without the -r flag it correctly=20 > handles .tgz packages. >=20 > Even the sysinstall, when configured to retrieve from an ftp medium,=20 > still gets the older GNOME 2.4.0 release. >=20 > Of course, I could install the packages by downloading them via ftp and=20 > invoking pkg_add on a local copy. However, in the interest of a more=20 > general user community, it would be better to: > * update the "Latest" directories on the ftp distribution sites > * correct the behavior of pkg_add -r to correctly handle remote .tgz=20 > packages >=20 > As an alternative: > * correct the above web page with a workaround for a smooth installation Unless you are running -CURRENT or -STABLE, you will never get GNOME 2.6 packages from ftp.freebsd.org. You will need to use the GNOME Tinderbox at http://www.marcuscom.com/tinderbox/ (listed in the upgrade FAQ). You will then need adjust PACAKGESITE to point to the 5.2.1 Latest directory. Then, you will need to install sysutils/pkg_install, and use /usr/local/sbin/pkg_add -r gnome2. Joe >=20 > Thank you for your attention and have a nice time >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-9DY6dVgpzStuge/Pm9U/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAh+wib2iPiv4Uz4cRAkMyAKCDmbeDs8STF1PqNPTgtRGy3AvpnQCfZZ6q m1UwLnDqFAnppORcUUU8sUg= =PD25 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-9DY6dVgpzStuge/Pm9U/--