From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 19:23:52 2004 Return-Path: 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 711D916A4CE for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:23:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from redtick.homeunix.com (adsl-68-94-147-118.dsl.okcyok.swbell.net [68.94.147.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F56C43D3F for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:23:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from boxend@redtick.homeunix.com) Received: from redtick.homeunix.com (localhost.homeunix.com [127.0.0.1]) i7OJMATW009521 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:22:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from boxend@redtick.homeunix.com) Received: (from boxend@localhost) by redtick.homeunix.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i7OJMAxI009520 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:22:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from boxend) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:22:10 -0500 From: Mark To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040824192210.GA9488@redtick.homeunix.com> References: <1093374414.982.1.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1093374414.982.1.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Installing ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:23:52 -0000 > > > > Hi! > > > > I'm using FreeBSD 5.2.1 and I'm in trouble with installing software > > using the ports collection. After typing "make install" everything > > seems to be okay, but in most cases I get a message like this after > > a few minutes: > > > > fetch time out > > > > It seemed to me that the mirror servers are not uptodate or that > > some filenames have changed in the meantime, because fetching data > > from ftp-servers worked a few times. > > But in nearly all cases I had to copy the files manually in > > /usr/ports/distfiles as "make install" finally suggested. > > > > So I installed a new ports-collection with sysinstall over ftp but > > things haven't changed. I'm a little confused, because fetching data > > from FreeSD ftp-servers doesn't work too (remember that some fetches > > were successful!). > > > > Please help me, > > Florian > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Florian Hengstberger > > e0025265@student.tuwien.ac.at > > http://stud3.tuwien.ac.at/~e0025265 > > ------------------------------------------------------ Are you behind a proxy?? I had a box behind squid once, had to set fetch to look for the squid server -- ============================================================================== The information contained in this communication is confidential, private, proprietary, or otherwise privileged and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. ==============================================================================