From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 1 05:33:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 310E7106566B for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 05:33:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF4608FC1B for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 05:33:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o615XR02049122; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:33:27 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id HvqacUvf33X6; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:33:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (ezekiel.daleco.biz [66.76.92.18]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o615XMVq049118; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:33:23 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <4C2C28A2.9020201@daleco.biz> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:33:22 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100504) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Stankevitz References: <484182.43276.qm@web52901.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <484182.43276.qm@web52901.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add fails due to 'broken pipe'. Is my system in a consistent state? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:33:28 -0000 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