Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:42:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: pkg_add fails due to 'broken pipe'. Is my system in a consistent state? Message-ID: <484182.43276.qm@web52901.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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pkg_add -r gnome2
This command fails repeatedly with "broken pipe" because the FTP connection breaks. When it dies, I just re-run the command. I'm now on the fifth attempt.
The gnome2 package is a "meta" package that installs many other packages.
Q1: Is it bad for my FreeBSD system that I keep re-issuing the command "pkg_add -r gnome2"? I'm happy FreeBSD isn't responding "already installed".
Q2: Where on my hard drive are the bytes that tell pkg_add to use ftp.freebsd.org when downloading packages?
Q3: I've been using this internet connection for years downloading packages for other OSes without trouble. Why is pkg_add/fetch having so much trouble?
Thank you,
Chris
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