From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 4 22:10:44 2007 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 4710B16A41A for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:10:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.movaqar@adempiere.org) Received: from kedah.mschosting.com (kedah.mschosting.com [202.75.42.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A3313C45A for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:10:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.movaqar@adempiere.org) Received: from [87.107.63.161] (port=56778) by kedah.mschosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1ISgbX-0006KQ-H0; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:10:40 +0800 Message-ID: <46DDD8DF.2070306@adempiere.org> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:44:55 +0330 From: "Bahman M." User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070904) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doug@safeport.com References: <20070904104305.L15038@pemaquid.safeport.com> <46DD8F9B.1090902@adempiere.org> <20070904165003.W15038@pemaquid.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <20070904165003.W15038@pemaquid.safeport.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - kedah.mschosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - adempiere.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add question 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: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:10:44 -0000 doug@safeport.com wrote: > On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Bahman M. wrote: > >> doug@safeport.com wrote: >>> Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none >>> of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the >>> meta port for kde was not available. >>> >>> If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1) >>> /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/kde (2) >>> >>> there does not seems to be a kde meta port in (1). In (2) there is: >>> >>> kde-3.5.4.tbz -> ../All/kde-3.5.4.tbz >>> >>> In general all packages seem to be a symlink to ../All/.. I had >>> assumed this was the same directory and there was really one instance >>> of the ports tree per major release of FreeBSD. so I never >>> (knowingly) distinguished between --stable and --release. Is >>> there a difference. >>> >>> Is there a working kde package in -6-stable? >> I'm using 6.2-release and there is the x11/kde3 meta port. >> >> Bahman >> >> PS: I've upgraded ports on Aug 14th; but logically the kde3 metaport >> should have had been there before the upgrade. > > Thanks. Using ftp.safeport.com via a browser does indeed show > > .../packages-6.2-release/Latest/kde.tbz --> ../All/kde-3.5.4.tbz > .../packages-6-stable/Latest/ does not have a kde.tbz > .../packages-6-stable/All/ has kde-3.5.7.tbz > > Under these conditions, should I use PACKAGESITE = > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-/Latest/ ?? > After setting PACKAGESITE running 'pkg_add -rvn kde' gives you the idea as it "does not actually install a package, just reports the steps that would be taken if it was" (quote from 'man 1 pkg_add'). HTH, Bahman