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> I'm using 4.9 and trying to pkg_add -r linux_base and found that the file has been removed.
> just want to know, why is it removed

I don't know why the package is missing from the FTP sites, but you can
install from the port almost as quickly, since everything in it is
pre-compiled.
-- 
Trevor Johnson