From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 7 22:13:03 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61CF99D for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from eris.bzerk.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:980:18dd:1:192:168:179:45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5CD4784 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:13:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hackbook.wlan (ei.bzerk.org [82.95.223.12]) (authenticated bits=0) by eris.bzerk.org (8.14.6/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r27MCuNO027563 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:12:57 GMT (envelope-from bulk@bzerk.org) Subject: Re: no 9.1-release packages? Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Ruben de Groot In-Reply-To: <5138B92F.4060800@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 23:12:56 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <28B0C7E5-4BD0-451E-9C4A-DD0A5EBA43E7@bzerk.org> References: <20130307155253.GA24876@eris.bzerk.org> <5138B92F.4060800@gmail.com> To: Johan Hendriks X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eris.bzerk.org X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (eris.bzerk.org [192.168.179.45]); Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:13:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:13:03 -0000 On 7 mrt 2013, at 16:58, Johan Hendriks wrote: > Ruben de Groot schreef: >> Hi, >>=20 >> I just rented a 9.1-release VPS and was trying to install some = packages. >> This however does not work as there is no directory = "packages-9.1-release" on the ftp server (ftp.freebsd.org). Why is this? > There was a security issue and therefor there are no packages for 9.1 >=20 >=20 > Due to the security incident reported here: >=20 > http://www.FreeBSD.org/news/2012-compromise.html >=20 > only the small third-party package set on the DVD image is available = at this time for users who require pre-built packages (just GNOME and = KDE windowing systems). The FreeBSD Project's package building = infrastructure is undergoing a complete review and redesign. At this = time we can not commit to a date the full release package set will = become available. A separate announcement will be made when that becomes = available. If you wish to install 9.1-RELEASE now you can build your own = packages using portsnap(8) to obtain an up to date ports tree and then = build the packages. If you require pre-built packages you should wait = for the announcement of the full release package set becoming available. >=20 > FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE can also be purchased on CD-ROM or DVD from = several vendors. One of the vendors that will be offering FreeBSD = 9.1-based products is: Thanks for the info Johan. I was aware of the compromise, just not of it = still affecting the package building for 9.1 release. No problem, there's no absolute requirement for pre-build packages here, = so I installed some tools from packages-9-stable by setting PACKAGESITE = and building the rest now from ports. cheers, Ruben