From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 15 14:19:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9625816A4CE for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:19:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BA1143D31 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:19:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (bd7453955bf581eb3ce9644fc77e5a8d@adsl-67-119-53-203.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.119.53.203])i2FMJIuW029350; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:19:18 -0600 (CST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 84F7351BFB; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:19:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:19:16 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Mark Ovens Message-ID: <20040315221916.GB31230@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <22874700.1079347710477.JavaMail.resin@web.ukrpost.net> <20040315123129.GA24507@xor.obsecurity.org> <4055A7BF.4080209@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="CdrF4e02JqNVZeln" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4055A7BF.4080209@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why .tgz packages for 4.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:19:29 -0000 --CdrF4e02JqNVZeln Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:55:27PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > >On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:48:30PM +0200, Kyryll A Mirnenko wrote: > > > >>Don't you know why 4.x packages're distributed tar gzipped for 4.x? > >>pkg_(?:add|update) understands both .tgz/.tbz but the last saves > >>~20% of my time & money while downloading from mirror > > > >1) Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so your emails may be easily= =20 > >read. > > > >2) This was attempted in the past, but it caused a lot of problems for > >users during the transition. 5.x has .tbz packages. > > >=20 > Hmmm, I tried using pkg_add with an ftp address to a .tgz package (a=20 > link from the ports search page IIRC) but got an error something like=20 > "pkg_add can only handle files with a .tbz extension. D/l the .tgz and=20 > ran pkg_add on the local copy and it worked fine. The package was cvsup= =20 > I think. I think that was one of the unresolved problems (the "dual" .tgz/.tbz support isn't complete). Kris --CdrF4e02JqNVZeln Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVivjWry0BWjoQKURAikSAKDsW1KBRDoN/Hwi+HIKVtrtUEWAJgCgniUq 6UU8+UOWqfaaN/8GtMW0ThY= =7Ayb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CdrF4e02JqNVZeln--