Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 13:54:21 -0700 (PDT) From: mbar@netcom.com (Matthew Barker) To: mikes@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu (michael squires) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Unpackable packages Message-ID: <199505302054.NAA21471@netcom.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <199505290344.UAA10308@mail3.netcom.com> from "michael squires" at May 28, 95 10:45:26 pm
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> > Because CD distribution of v2.0 FreeBSD included Seyon but no rz/sz > > sz/rz is on freebsd.cdrom.com in the the FreeBSD/tools subdirectory, along > with rawrite, etc. > > > tools, I've taken to downloading to a Macintosh and transferring the > > files in that way: all claimed to be corrupted when I invoked > > I would suggest using Fetch on the Mac and forcing a binary transfer. > It works for me. > The package files (*.tgz) are getting over to the FreeBSD box with no problem, the trouble is once they're there I get an error from pkg_info and pkg_add, saying that the files are not in .gzip format. I transferred the files via ftp (binary mode) from ftp.freebsd.org to my Netcom shell account. There I used 'zip' to pack them in such a way that I'd know if there were any translation taking place. I transferred them to the Mac as binary files whose format the Mac claimed not to know. I transferred them via diskette to the FreeBSD box (tried both msdos and hfs format diskettes). Once on the FreeBSD box, I verified the integrity of the .zip file - no problem. I unpacked the .tgz files and tried pkg_info AND pkg_add. Both claimed the files to not be in a valid gzip format. I checked about for rz/sz on the FreeBSD.org ftp site and was unable to find it. On the v2.0 CD distribution, the port is there BUT no distfiles entry under ports for rzsz* or *rz*, or any other variant. No package either. Third difficulty, on building ports/x11, I do a 'make clean', then a 'make all' from the ports/x11 dir. Everyhing is just fine until the build for olvwm4 starts: it dies at this point, unable to find Xview.tmpl and Xview.prog. Any help you can render on the above would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matthew Barker (mbar@netcom.com)
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