From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 15 9:10:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B134E37B401 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:10:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc03.attbi.com (sccrmhc03.attbi.com [204.127.202.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16D0543E7B for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:10:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([12.242.158.67]) by sccrmhc03.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20021015161024.CIXF24958.sccrmhc03.attbi.com@localhost.localdomain>; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:10:24 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g9FGDPUW010692; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:13:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id g9FGDJNF010689; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:13:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jojo set sender to swear@attbi.com using -f To: Peter Leftwich Cc: "Gary W. Swearingen" , FreeBSD LIST Subject: Re: Ports FAQ is a great read [port.tar??] References: <20021015011627.X4776-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: 15 Oct 2002 09:13:19 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20021015011627.X4776-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Message-ID: Lines: 33 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Peter Leftwich writes: > On 1 Oct 2002, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > > non-cvsup method 3: > > -- cd /usr/ports/ > > fetch > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports//port.tar > > tar -xf port.tar > > Note: Not all of the mirrors support tar-on-the-fly ftp transfers, but some do, including the primary site. > > What is "tar-on-the-fly?" Case in point: > > # mkdir /usr/ports/java ; cd /usr/ports/java > # fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/java/jdk13.tar > fetch: jdk13.tar: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > > I am losing faith in my abilities and am most certainly settling on a life > of /stand/sysinstall and `pkg_add -r` :-( Can someone offer me hope? Sorry. I guess I shouldn't post my notes without editing out stuff I've just copied from somewhere else without ever trying. I suspect that tar-on-the-fly is what some ftp servers support when you ask for a tar file like xxx.tar when the server filesystem only has a directory xxx. It tars the xxx tree into xxx.tar and delivers it to you. Just guessing. Before fetching things, I usually pull up the ftp directory in my web browser and poke around. It could also be done with the "ftp" command. I just did (essentially) method 3 by using "ncftpget -R ftp://ftp....." on the port skeleton at the ftp site. There's nothing significant to be gained by getting the skeleton wrapped up in a tar file. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message