Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:33:22 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add fails due to 'broken pipe'. Is my system in a consistent state? Message-ID: <4C2C28A2.9020201@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <484182.43276.qm@web52901.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <484182.43276.qm@web52901.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Chris Stankevitz wrote: > 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". Shouldn't be bad for the system, unless you get a lil' P.O.'ed (and hack it to bits, for example). > Q2: Where on my hard drive are the bytes that tell pkg_add to use > ftp.freebsd.org when downloading packages? You mean like inode number, which cylinder, or are you looking for /usr/ports/x11/gnome2/Makefile? (Which, as it's a meta-port, will probably just mean you need to look at about 120 other Makefiles). > 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? Firewall? Try setting PASSIVE in your environment. Otherwise, I dunno. Any error message from fetch? HTH, KDK
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