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Subject: Re: no 9.1-release packages?
From: Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com>
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To: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>
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On 7 Mar 2013, at 15:52, Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> wrote:

>=20
> 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?
>=20

If you're prepared to move to pkgng for binary packages,=20

https://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng

There's an unofficial pkgng format repository of binary packages =
available

After installing pkgng (from ports), then edit your =
/usr/local/etc/pkg.conf to use
this line.

PACKAGESITE	    : =
http://mirror.exonetric.net/pub/pkgng/${ABI}/latest

- Mark
=20=