From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 31 23:57:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DB1E16A4CE for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:57:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbound0.sv.meer.net (outbound0.sv.meer.net [205.217.152.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A7B743D41 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:57:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from mail.meer.net (mail.meer.net [209.157.152.14]) iBVNvvwN058500; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:57:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from mail.meer.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.meer.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/meer) with ESMTP id iBVNvtmg068190; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:57:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: (from jrhett@localhost) by mail.meer.net (8.12.1/8.12.10) id iBVNvtm8068189; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:57:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett) Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:57:55 -0800 From: Joe Rhett To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20041231235755.GA67655@meer.net> Mail-Followup-To: Kris Kennaway , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org References: <20041231190904.GA18620@meer.net> <20041231202929.GA13727@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041231202929.GA13727@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Meer.net LLC cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports directories are broken again? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:57:58 -0000 > On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:09:04AM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote: > > neptune.sv$ pkg_add -r frontpage > > Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/frontpage.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 12:29:29PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > frontpage has not been packaged for years because a dependency > (compat3x) is forbidden for security reasons. It looks like your > expectations are broken here :) I have no expecation other than that if the freebsd site indicates that a package is available, that it should be there. It provides a link to a supposed package, which does not exist. And your comment of "for years" makes no sense when applied to versions of the OS which haven't existed for more than a few months. (not that it isn't true, but it certainly defies basic logic, no?) I'm checking for a package for 5.3-release, which is only a few months old. It indicates that a package exists, and provides a URL. The URL fails indicating the file isn't found. ... and "my expectations are broken" ? Can you really think of nothing else wrong here? -- Joe Rhett Senior Geek Meer.net