Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 16:07:06 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Doug White: Re: Port Collection Error Message-ID: <199710232307.QAA07656@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Oct 1997 12:48:25 PDT." <3393.877636105@time.cdrom.com>
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>On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Dale Stanifer wrote: > >> I am unable to download the Port Collection. The error that my Netscape >> gave me is as follow; >> >> Netscape is unable to find the file or diectory named: >> /pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports.tar.gz >> Check the name and try again. >> >> This is after I click the link on the /ports/index.html page. >> Is this file still being offer or must I click on each one? > >Actually, the FTP server should generate this automatically. However, it >looks like archiving has been temporarily disabled on ftp.freebsd.org for >some reason. The best I can say for the moment, then, is ``try again >later.'' > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Jordan forwarded the above. We no longer support on-the-fly compression due to load considerations. On-the-fly tar'ing is still supported, however. The WWW page needs to be changed to drop the .gz. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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