From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 9 11:04:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA16328 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 11:04:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from super-g.inch.com (spork@super-g.com [204.178.32.161]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA16319 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 11:04:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by super-g.inch.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA15982; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 12:02:32 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 12:02:32 -0500 (CDT) From: "S(pork)" X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Nadav Eiron cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Packages" questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thanks alot; I really love the organization on this project and all the help you folks give... Charles On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Nadav Eiron wrote: > > > On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Doug White wrote: > > > On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, S(pork) wrote: > > > > > I've been using this both with the install utility and with pkg_add > > > ftp://etc.... to add some packages. If I use pkg_add witht the ftp > > > option (I generally use the primary site) it will say at some point that it > > > is retrieving the index, and then present me with a list of available > > > packages. In particular I've been looking for rz/sz and fwtk. They are > > > both listed as available packages, but I always end up with a message > > > stating that the package is not available. > > > > The INDEX system lists _all_ available ported software, including ports. > > rzsz and fwtk in particular does not exist as a package due to legal > > restrictions; however the port works fine. > > Well, almost. I (re)installed the fwtk not long ago, and it doesn't > really work out of the box. TIS wants you to mail them a letter > confirming you've read their license before you can install, so they hide > the fwtk in a directory with a cryptic name that changes every 12 hours. > Go to their site, read the README, do what it says, and you'll be mailed > the location for the fwtk. Then, modify the makefile for the port to get > it from the correct directory. > > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > >