Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 14:44:09 -0500 (CDT) From: "S(pork)" <spork@super-g.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: "Packages" questions Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.92.961008141706.13803A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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Hi, I've got a simple question about the FreeBSD "packages" system: I've been using this both with the install utility and with pkg_add ftp://etc.... to add some packages. If I use pkg_add witht the ftp option (I generally use the primary site) it will say at some point that it is retrieving the index, and then present me with a list of available packages. In particular I've been looking for rz/sz and fwtk. They are both listed as available packages, but I always end up with a message stating that the package is not available. Is this normal? I would assume that the Index is being read for the list of packages, and that if the index states a package is available, it is... If not, is there a listing somewhere on the web/ftp site of reliable sites to download source from? Thanks, Charles ps- FBSD has made me very happy.
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