From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jul 24 13:28: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6353237B400; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:27:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.50.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA6343E42; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:27:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/ - 15/04/02) with ESMTP id g6OKOoCB084535; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:24:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g6OKOnGH084534; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:24:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:24:49 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: Marc Fonvieille , Kevin Golding , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkg_add -r XFree86-4 fails - How do I tell pkg_add to look somewhere else for target? Message-ID: <20020724222449.A84349@abigail.blackend.org> References: <1027534025.3d3eecc9e656e@netmail.pipex.net> <5iQKrFB97uP9EwxH@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <1027536277.3d3ef59533fb0@netmail.pipex.net> <1027537417.3d3efa09e9316@netmail.pipex.net> <20020724212218.B83166@abigail.blackend.org> <1027539205.3d3f0105e49e5@netmail.pipex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1027539205.3d3f0105e49e5@netmail.pipex.net>; from sroberts@dsl.pipex.com on Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 08:33:25PM +0100 X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 08:33:25PM +0100, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote: > > HI Marac, Marc :)) > Thanks for that info (and example). It certainly does look as if you've > managed to locate the latest version there. > > I'll give this a go and let the list know if I am successful. > Please do. I will add something about it in the http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html section of the handbook as "pkg_add -r XFree86" can be confusing for many persons cause mostly of them would think about "pkg_add -r XFree86-4" instead. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message