Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:19:55 +0100 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [merv@spidernet.com.cy: Re: ports availability] Message-ID: <20030314081955.GB8927@freno.cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <20030313213928.GC92052@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20030313213928.GC92052@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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On 2003-03-13 13:39:28 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > It looks like there are still some references to the ports collection > on the ftp site (which is no longer there). These should be changed > to point to cvsweb like the rest of the links. Can someone take care > of this? Done. -Wolfram > Kris > > ----- Forwarded message from merv <merv@spidernet.com.cy> ----- > > X-Original-To: kkenn@localhost > Delivered-To: kkenn@localhost.obsecurity.org > X-Originating-IP: [128.125.38.123] > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:50:08 +0200 > From: merv <merv@spidernet.com.cy> > Subject: Re: ports availability > In-reply-to: <20030312230946.GA88191@rot13.obsecurity.org> > To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> > Reply-To: merv@spidernet.com.cy > X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02) > Priority: normal > X-Bogosity: No, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.304840, version=0.10.3.1 > > Thanks for your quick reply: > > >Can you be more explicit about what page has the problem? The ports > >tree is not kept on the ftp site in expanded form any longer, but the > >website was supposedly fixed to not look there. > > an example of where the download link fails is here, > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=cvs&stype=all. > > the ISOs I burned, though with complete ports packages, does no not have a copy of the > "cvsup without GUI" for some reason. I am building a firewall/ipfilter on a machine with very > limited disk space (<1GB) and hence, though I require the cvsup port, i have to use to non- > GUI version. The link above is the result of a search for "cvsup" on the "Ported applications" > section of the FreeBSD website. > > This is an example of the page with the dowload link that fails for tripwire > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=tripwire&stype=all > > It appears that the download link, in both cases, attempts to redirect me here, > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui (cvsup) > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/security/tripwire (tripwire) > > >The usual way is to cvsup the ports collection or use the portcheckout > >port. You can also use cvsweb to download port directories. > > I am unable to cvsup in the usual manner since the disks I installed the ports from > for FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE do not have the cvsup-without-gui port and I have not the space > to load the gui version. Hence I do not currently have cvsup functionality on that machine at > all. > > Thanks again. > > -- > Merv Hammer > > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> http://wolfram.schneider.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-www" in the body of the message
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